Baby Doll
- Name not valid; it refers to Viola odorata ssp. pallens.
Baby Rose
- Dr J. McLeod, Honeysuckle Cottage Nursery, N.S.W.,
Australia. (1993)
'Rosea' x
'Amiral Avellan'.
Small flowers of a deep rich rose pink.
Very fragrant.
Barensteinii
- Origins unknown. 1886
Reputedly, an
improved form of the ‘Quatre Saisons’ violet
Bluish
purple flowers, identical to the following, which is the valid name:
Barrensteins
Saemling –
Introduced by Otto Mann,
Germany - in 1884.
The name means ‘Barrenstein’s Seedling’
A violet with medium sized flowers and
small leaves, though the colour is not given in the description.
This was supposedly a perpetual flowering
violet.
Baron de
Rothschild
- See 'Baronne Alice de
Rothschild'.
Baronne
Alice de Rothschild - de
Rothschild, Hyeres, France. 1894.
Seedling of
'Czar Bleu'
A variety that was raised near Hyeres on the
Rothschild estate, and named after Lady Alice Rothschild by one of her
gardeners.
-Large blue flowers with long petals,
borne on long stems.
Reputed to be a very good winter
flowering violet.
Beauty of
Louth
- G.W. Boothby, Louth
(Lincolnshire) UK. 1870.
No description available.
Becky Groves
- C.W. Groves and Son,
Bridport(Dorset) UK. 2000
Chance seedling of unknown parentage.
Pale to mid-pink flowers darkening toward the centre.
Named in honour of Clive and Diana Groves’
daughter Becky.
Bechtel’s
Ideal –
Germany.
This cultivar is mentioned in “Gartnerbörse and Gartenwelt of 1986”.
The flowers are a blue-violet in
colour.
Reputed to have been a cultivar used for forcing, in
time for St Valentine’s day.
Berger –
Germany; c
1890s.
An improved form of the ‘Hamburger Violet’.
Small delicate blue flowers.
Blooms from August through to October.
Betty
Hathaway –
Raised by Betty Hathaway and
introduced by Bernwode Plants, (Buckinghamshire) U.K.
Very deep plum-purple flowers, on erect stems.
Scented.
Birch
Violet - See 'Lavender
Lady'.
Bismark –
See ‘Victoria
Regina’.
Blackie
– Australia. Date unknown.
Purple flowers
that are so dark as to being nearly black.
Black
Knight
- Origins unknown.
No description available.
Bleue de
Fontenay
- Fontenay, France. (1903)
A development from
'Quatre Saisons
Semprez', obtained
from repeated sowings and selection.
Deep violet flowers over dark-green foliage.
Blue Bird
- See 'Texas Tommy'.
Blue
Emperor
– Australia. Date unknown.
Large purple-blue flowers with very strong perfume.
Blue Gem – Australia. Date unknown.
Large purple flowers.
Good perfume.
Blue Robe
- See 'Royal
Robe'.
Blush
White –
Origins unknown.
No description available.
Bornstedter
–
See, ‘Frau Hof GartendirektorJülke’.
Boston
- W. Sim, Cliftondale (Massachusetts) U.S.A. (1908)
A giant-flowered cultivar supposedly paler than
'Princesse de
Galles'.
Lilac-blue flowers up to 2 inches across on stems to
10 inches.
Braidwood – Australia. Date unknown.
No description available.
Bright
Mauve – Australia. Date unknown.
No description available.
Brune de
Bourg-la-Reine - Armand Millet,
Bourg-la-Reine, France, 1875. Introduced in 1878.
A seedling from
'Les Lilas' x Rubra'.
Large flowered cultivar with bluish-
purple flowers that have a metallic sheen. The petals are slightly more
elongated and rounder than 'Czar'. The
leaves are long and a delicate green in colour, held upright.
Very strong perfume.
Burgundy –
Australia. Date unknown.
Rich deep burgundy flowers on a vigorous spreading
plant.
Fragrant.