What would you choose if you were limited? I've had some unnamed AVs for years, and they have been declining rapidly. I finally figured out that the tree outside was shading the window too much, and also that the fluorescent bulbs were worn out. I have replaced the bulbs with the "sunshine" bulbs, and plan to use self-watering pots, but for now am limiting myself to nine violets. I have two left, and the promise of a noid leaf, so am trying to decide on six AVs to order, which is all I have time for right now.
Please offer suggestions on your favorites. I do prefer the standards for this area, but look forward to exploring minis and trailers in a couple of months.
Thanks so much,
Sharon
If you could only pick a few...
For standard /large plants I love my ever blooming
B-Mans Cosimo ((B. Curcuruto)) Single pink pansy with blue fantasy markings, ruffled edge Heart shaped green foliage. Standard. Standard (User Database)
B-Man's Etna (B. Curcuruto) Single medium pink ruffled pansy/purple fantasy. Medium green, spooned, quilted, ruffled. Standard
Morning Thunder (6745) 11/02/1987 (S. Sorano) Double white/blue edge. Medium green, plain, pointed. Large
You have a hard job choosing.
I also like all of Ethel Champion's, Optimara, Rhaspody, Volkman's , Russian plants are a few that grow with ease for me.
Pic B-Mans Cosimo
sharon i'm not that much in the know....these daze....but i am partial to the variegated ones...and really like the LARGE traiing ones...
Trailers are fun to grow everyone should have one :))
My Aly's Rose Baby blooms all the time with a nice natural trailing habit.
Aly's Rosy Baby (Droege) Semidouble rose. Dark pointed. Miniature trailer (User Database)
Milky Way Trail
Milky Way Trail (7169) 08/01/1989 (J. Stahl) Single-semidouble white pansy. Medium green, heart-shaped, quilted. Semiminiature trailer
Pride Pink Trail
Pride's Pink Trail (5714) 04/11/1984 (C. Sotkiewicz) Double pink star. Black-green, pointed, quilted. Semiminiature trailer
My very favorite
Sunray Trail (6475) 02/03/1987 (C. Sotkiewicz) Single chimera fuchsia star/white stripe. Light green, spooned, pointed, quilted. Standard trailer
Sunray Trail
I agree, morning thunder is lovely, mine is blooming it's head off.
I'm a Minature , Semi-Miniature lover :))
Ethel Champion, Pittman , Optimara are a few Hybridzers that have excellent plants :))
I am a big fan of girl foliage :))
Midget Lilian (E. Champion) Single pink. Mosaic variegated, plain. Miniature
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Electric Cowboy (5637) 02/06/1984 (C. Phillips) Double dark blue/white edge. Variegated girl foliage. Semiminiature
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Funny Bunny Always blooming for me :))
Funny Bunny (H. Pittman) Semidouble vivid fuchsia. Light green. Semiminiature
>>> Just a few I love ! Good luck I could never pick just 6 :))
Please let us know what you select !
Yes my Morning thunder never stops blooming :))
Allison, that looks like my thunder surprise. They are both good bloomers, I think. Really pretty, Sharon. If you like small symmetrical plants, I think little axel is really pretty. Plus I have a milky way trailer (from Allison). That is such a pretty plant, even without blooms.
I have got to find some of those egg cups. : )
My nicest (most mature) standard is Allegro mabel Joy. It is a neat plant.
You may not get a concensus. : ) It's like asking what kind of ice cream cone to get. : )
HP I love thunder Surprise heavy bloomer too lot's of green.
And it's a semi-miniature
Thunder Surprise (9024) 03/23/2001 (S. Sanders) Double white star/blue eye, green edge. Medium green, plain. Semiminiature
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I feel my Morning Thunder blooms a lot like it showing green even though FC says no green and I love the green in mine. But it's a large plant. Though I've taken tons of leaves off mine, picture looks small it's full in 4 " pot.
Morning Thunder (6745) 11/02/1987 (S. Sorano) Double white/blue edge. Medium green, plain, pointed. Large
They are both beautiful plants ! I don't think you could go worng with any you pick :))
All Av's are wonderful !
Thanks so much for all the suggestions!! I'd really like to be able to order some that I could propagate and other people would be interested in trading in a few months. Also, I know that the sticky has links to dealers, but are there some favorites?
Violet Gallery has nice plants and leaves.
I've been very happy with the plants I ordered from Rob's last spring and with the ones I got in fall from Violet Gallery... but I will comment that the plants from Rob's were much smaller, particularly the standards. However, VG doesn't ship until spring, and Rob's ships in winter but charges a bunch. If you check around the threads on the forum, I think there are places people have ordered from in winter -- Jack's Violets on eBay and maybe Bluebird?