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International Cultivar Authority Registry Of The Genus Viola

SECTION A1a.
Heirloom Single Flowered Violets

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Tall Yellow - Triumph


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Tall Yellow - Origins unknown.

Yellow flowers streaked with black.  Unscented.


Tamberti - Origins unknown.

No description available.


Tanith -  Introduced by Jennifer Bouseflied, Launceston (Cornwall) UK.

White flowers with a slight pink blush and a light pink spur.

A recent introduction of unknown garden worthiness, though early indications do point to a violet that could show some promise for the future.


Tauria – See 'Russian'.


Tenerife Violet - See 'Wilson'.


Texas Tommy - Origins unknown.

Light blue flowers.


Theophilus Lee -  Jean Burrows (Avon) UK.

The last of the re-discovered violets from Lee's old nursery and perhaps one of the nicest.

Large plum coloured flowers which have a white eye, carried on long stems.

Another mid-season variety with a good vigorous habit.


The Empress – Bernwode Plants (Buckinghamshire) U.K.

Large flowers of a rich, deep plum colour.

Very strongly scented.


The Tree – Origins unknown.

A name used to describe the practice of growing various violets into a parasol or tree form.  A number of different cultivars were used in this very popular19th century practice.


Tigre Or - Origins unknown.

Blue-violet flowers above variegated leaves of green and yellow stripes.


Tina Whitaker -  Introduced by Baldwin Pinney, Marehurst (Kent) UK. C 1920s. 

Named after the wife of Joseph (Pip) Whitaker, who found it growing in the garden of their villa Malfitone in Palermo, Sicily.  It would seem to have been sent to friends of the Whitakers in Kent, sometime around 1903, and was eventually acquired by Mr Baldwin Pinney on his nursery at Marehurst, nr Tonbridge, Kent. It was first exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S. in 1922 and in the  "Garden" March 15th 1922 issue the following observation was made.

 

                "This is a large flowered single variety

                  which has somewhat the appearance                                       

                  of a poor viola.  The long petals are    

                  thin and pointed and the colour is purplish".

 

Not a very flattering description of a truly lovely violet.  It is better described as having immense flowers of a pure amethyst colour.

Very fragrant.

‘Tina Whitaker’ can make a very large, vigorous plant with many crowns but it needs to be grown in a cold frame to achieve any sort of success.


Titania - Origins unknown.

Probably named in honour of 'Titania' the legendary queen of the fairies.

Pale pink flowers that have a slight flush of darker pink at the base and reverse of the petals. The blooms are carried on moderate stems, which are not very strong, and there is a strong perfume.


Translucent Blue - Origins unknown.

No description available.


Trinite - See 'Madame Noelie'.


Triumph - Origins unknown (Around 1930). 

Becoming harder to find, this cultivar deserves to be more widely grown.

Bloom type similar to 'Princesse de Galles'.  This variety was widespread in Germany and the Netherlands in the 20th century, but is now rare and seldom offered.  Very large deep blue flowers on long strong stems, quite hardy and free flowering.  Heavily perfumed.


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