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International Cultivar Authority Registry Of The Genus Viola

SECTION A4.
Parma Violets

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Pallida Plena - Principessa Marguerite di Savoie


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Pallida Plena – Considered to be derived from the original Parma violet form.

Pale lavender flowers.


Parmaensis Flore Plena – Origins unknown.  1863.

Large distinct white flowers striped with rose.


Parme de Angouleme – See ‘Parme Ordinaire’.


Parme de Rosa Merlo – Introduced by Nathalie Casbas, Villaudric, France. 

A unique Parma violet that was discovered growing in the wild in Italy, near an old garden at Rosa Merlo.  A very strong plant with a vigorous growth and compact habit.


Parme de Toulouse – Origins unknown.

Thought by Millet to be a selected form of ‘Parme Ordinaire’ ‘--the original Parma violet--, first grown in the Midi region of France at the beginning of the 18th century.

The flowers are a good lavender colour with firmer petals than the supposed parent; it has a very compact habit with a lovely perfume and shiny vibrant leaves.


Parme de Turquie – See ‘Parme Ordinaire’.


Parme Ordinaire – Origins unknown.

A development of the original Parma violet with pale blue-mauve flowers, and leaves slightly larger than other forms.


Parme Sans Filets – Origins unknown.

This is supposedly a form of the ‘Parme Ordinaire’,  that does not produce runners.


Perfecta – See ‘Perfection’.


Perfection – Origins unknown.  1885.

Pale blue flowers deeper in colour than ‘Duchesse de Parme’, and earlier flowering.


President Poincare – Armand Millet, Bourg la Reine, France.  1925.

Navy blue flowers with a very powerful perfume.


Principessa di Soumonte – See ‘ Principessa di Summunte’.


Principessa di Sumente – See ‘Principessa di Summunte’.


Principessa di Sumonte – See ‘Principessa di Summunte’.


Principessa di Summunte – Emile Bredemeier, Italy.  1895.

White flowers, flaked with pale blue, supposedly a single flowered form of the Parma violet.

F.N.H.S. First Class Certificate.  1899.


Principessa Marguerite di Savoie – Origins unknown.  1881.

Deep mauvish-lavender flowers.


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