Madame
Millet –
Claude Naent, France. (1868) Introduced in 1884.
Named after Armand Millet’s wife and supposedly a
match for the fashionable shade of heliotrope.
Madame
Millot –
See ‘Madame Millet’.
Madame
Pethers –
Pethers. 1905.
Blue flowers.
Marguerite
di Savoie –
Origins unknown.
Large double deep blue flowers, very free and highly
perfumed.
Marie
Louise-Baden –
See ‘Marie Louise’.
Marie
Louise –
Re-introduced by Schuer (Baden) Germany. 1865.
An old Parma variety that would seem to have been
re-launched as Armand Millet states his father remembered this violet when he
was growing violets. It would appear to
have been given the name ‘Marie Louise’ in honour of Napoleon’s second wife
Marie Louise Hapsburg-Lorraine. It was
also reputed to have been in the garden at Malmaison where Josephine,
Napoleon’s first wife had laid out stunning gardens. The flowers are a rich dark blue, which is
somewhat marred or enhanced, purely an aesthetic point, by the single red petal
in the centre rosette. It possesses a
rich perfume and long stems which have helped to make it the most popular Parma
violet for cut flower work throughout the world.
Miss
Mantoni –
Origins unknown.
1892.
Bright violet-blue flowers, free flowering and very
compact.
M. J. Astorg
–
See ‘Mrs John J. Astor’.
Mrs Arthur
–
Origins unknown.
1902.
Deep bluish lavender flowers, probably the hardiest
Parma variety. Believed to be an improved form of ‘Marie Louise’.
Mrs D’Arcy
–
Origins unknown.
1902.
Silvery mauve flowers.
Mrs
Higgins –
See ‘Jamie Higgins’.
Mrs John
J. Astor –
U.S.A. 1895.
Rosy-lavender flowers.
RHS Award of Merit.
1899
Mrs J. J.
Kettle –
J. J. Kettle, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne (Dorset)
England. 1912.
Silvery mauve flowers, splashed with red and
possessing a strong perfume.