Abonnen
Neveu -
France, 1890
Seedling from
'Luxonne'.
Large flowered blue.
Ada Segre
Nathalie Casbas,
Villaudric,
France. (2000)
Named after an Italian landscaper and garden restorer,
who gave an inspired talk at the International Violet Association (Europe) meeting in
Venice.
Very large blue flowers.
Admiral de
Breton
- Origins unknown.
No description available.
Adriana
England (1894)
No description available.
Alassio
- See 'Mrs R.
Barton'.
Alba Simplex -
Origins unknown.
Reputedly, a seedling from Double
White.
Pure white.
Albo
Marginata - Origins unknown. 1871.
Dark blue flowers over silver edged leaves.
Alice
Australia, date unknown.
-Medium sized lilac flowers with grey shading.
Intense
perfume.
American
Red Beauty -
Originating in
U.S.A.
-Luminous red flowers with velvety petals.
An unusual
violet.
Amethyst
Phyll Dove
Australia. Date unknown.
No description available.
Amethyst
Queen
Australia. Date unknown.
No description available.
Amiral
Avellan
- Leonard Lille,
Lyon,
France. Introduced
1893.
This cultivar was named after the Russian minister of
marine, during the period of the Franco-Prussian war.
Reddish purple flowers with blue metallic sheen, the
petals are round cup-shaped , and they are borne on stout erect stems, above
large dark green foliage.
Sweetly
scented.
R.H.S. Award of Merit.
Annie
Clive Groves, C. W. Groves and Son, Bridport (Dorset)
UK. (2001)
A chance seedling found on Clive Grovess nursery
similar to Perle Rose but with a slightly purplish hue, more floriferous and
vigorous with a much longer flowering season.
Small to medium-sized carmine flowers,
which are darker in colour at the upper centre of the middle lower petal.
Scented
Apricot
Violet
- See 'Sulphurea'.
Argentaeflora - See 'Argentiflora'
Argentiflora - George Lee, Clevedon (Avon)
UK. Introduced in 1879.
-Silvery mauve flowers tinged with pink that turn
almost white during the winter.
Reputed to bloom over a long season. The flowers are
small but this cultivar is a strong grower.
Delicious perfume.
Armandine
Millet
- Armand Millet, Bourg la
Reine,
France. (1880)
Named after
Millet's only daughter.
Dark blue flowers above leaves which have a lovely
border of ivory white.
Ascania
See Askania.
Askania - Germany, 1908.
At one time this was the favoured flower of the
Cornish violet growers but it appears to have been displaced by Princesse de
Galles, and later Governor
Herrick.
-A giant flowered cultivar with deep violet blue
flowers; the top petals being rather pointed.
The flowers are borne on long stems.
Society for the development of Horticulture in the Kingdom of Prussia,
Certificate of Merit.
Aubereinne
- See 'Souvenir de Jules
Josse'.
Augusta
See Kaiserin
Augusta.
Augusta
Viktoria
See Kaiserin
Augusta.
Aurantiaca
- See 'Sulphurea'.
Australian
Red - Origins unknown.
No description available.