California - Emery Smith (California) U.S.A. (1892).
A very interesting violet raised in California by
Emery Smith and first exported to Pitcher and Manda, Shorthills ( New
Jersey) in blocks of ice.
This variety was the first of any great size, the
blooms being up to 2 inches across, borne on very long stems. The flowers are light violet blue, with long
narrow petals, and the upper two set wide apart.
Very fragrant.
California
Pioneer
- Origins unknown.
Small white
flowers with deep bronze markings on the petals, the top two petals are maroon
on the reverse, long stems to 12 inches long.
Cardinale
–
Nathalie Casbas, Villaudric, France.
A
very old variety. Still grown near
Cahors for cut flower work.
Blue flowers.
Cendrillon - France. Date
unknown.
A development
from ‘Quatre Saisons', meant to be an improvement.
Large
violet purple flowers. Hardy but not
free flowering.
Scented.
Charm
- Origins unknown.
White flowers;
supposedly a selection from V.odorata.
Charles W.
Groves - C.W. Groves and Son.
Bridport, Dorset, England. (1985)
Named by Clive
Groves in honour of his late father.
Good sized magenta pink flowers, which are
purple on the reverse.
Strongly scented.
Christmas - origins unknown.
Soft blue flowers on short stems.
Slight scent.
Clive
Groves - C.W. Groves and Son,
Bridport, (Dorset) UK. (1980).
Named after the
current owner of C.W. Groves and Son, a nursery involved
in growing
violets amongst other things, for three generations, by Charles William Groves,
Clive’s father.
A good-sized plant with large, reddish
purple flowers on longish stems.
Very fragrant.
Coeur
d'Alsace - Armand Millet, Bourg- la-
Reine, France. (1916).
A seedling from
'Rubra' x
'Les
Lilas'.
Named to commemorate the re-unification of France with
her lost territories following the First World War.
Rosy-pink flowers borne on long stems.
Sweetly scented
Colombine
- Nathalie Casbas, Villaudric, France. (1991).
Obtained from a deliberate crossing of a violet
thought to be 'Czar', with a form of ‘Quatre Saisons.
Sky blue flowers.
Comtesse
Edmond du Tertre
- Molin of
Lyon (Seedsmen) France. (1895-96).
Introduced by Armand Millet, Bourge la Reine, France. 1897.
'Lilas' x
'Perle
Rose'.
Large flowered blue cultivar with long petals and long
stems. Similar in colour to 'Luxonne.' It has a tendency to make too many
runners.
F.N.H.S Certificate of Merit.
Constance
Apthorp
- See 'Mrs R.
Barton'.
Copper
Pennies
– Australia. Date unknown.
No description available.
Cordelia
- Introduced by Dorothy Kimberley ( Hereford) UK. (1984).
A seedling from
'Coeur d'Alsace'.
-White flowers with the palest pink blush
to the petals; it has a mushroomy-pink spur.
-Blooms are carried on good, long
stems. Its habit is very much like that
of its parent.
Highly scented.
Corfe
Mullen Wonder - J.J. Kettle, Corfe Mullen,
Dorset, England. (1928)
No description available.
Cornish
Indigenous Mauve -
Name not
valid, this refers to V.odorata var.
praecox. (Jord) Rouy et Foucard.
"This autumn and winter flowering form is nearly if not always found in
proximity to houses or the remains of former gardens and is considered to be
native". Flora of Devon- W. Keble-Martin & G.T. Fraser, T.
Buncle and Co Ltd, 1939.
Cornish
Indigenous White -
Name not
valid, this refers to V. odorata var.
dumetorum. (Jord) Rouy et Foucard.
Cornish
White -
See 'Cornish Indigenous
White'.
Corsican
- Origins unknown.
Coppery lilac flowers.
Cour
d'Alsace
- See 'Coeur
d'Alsace'.
Cottle
Stripe
- Introduced by Jennifer
Bousefield, Launceston (Cornwall) UK.
Discovered growing in an orchard near Truro in
Cornwall.
A true odorata type with very palest mauve
streaked flowers and thinly speckled in a darker mauve.
A faintly-scented, and quite large flower with a
pinkish-purple spur. The stems are of a
fair size, holding the flowers above the foliage.
Covent
Garden - Kerry Carmen, Masterton,
New Zealand.
The first of an amazing quintet of violets introduced
by Kerry Carmen, a noted plantswoman and author in her native New Zealand.
Pink flowers with a darker eye and medium sized
blooms.
Cre’puscule
– Dr Judith McLeod, Honeysuckle
Cottage Nursery, NSW, Australia.
Large apricot flowers with mauve shading, and a faint
blue flush in the throat.
Crimean -
Origins unknown, c 1870.
Blue flowers.
Crimson
Bedder - Origins unknown, c 1920
No description available.
Culculata
-
An Australian violet.
Not to be confused with the species V.
cucullata, to which it bears no
resemblance.
A very vigorous violet with small, rich
red-violet flowers.
Very fragrant.
Czar - F.J. Graham, Cranford (Middlesex) UK. 1863
Introduced by
Thomas Softly Ware, the famous nurseryman of Tottenham and Feltham in
Middlesex.
Deep purple long stemmed flowers, strongly scented,
very free and reliable.
Czar Bleu - Armand Millet, Bourg la Reine, France. 1875.
Introduced 1878.
A seedling of the
'Czar'.
This cultivar differed from its parent in that the
petals were rounded, longer and very firm. It is darker in colour and the scent
is as pronounced, though more delicate.
The leaves are more deeply serrated and stronger as are the flowers more
erect.
In the words of Millet: “This cultivar would seem to
have had a dual personality… I called it 'Czar Bleu', or 'Reine
Victoria'. It received the second name the following
year (1876) when’’ it appeared under the name 'Reine Victoria’; so, as to avoid
confusion I left it with the two names, which were already known. It was precisely the same plant.”
It is worth noting that this violet got the name
'Reine
Victoria' in the Midi region of France, in honour of Queen Victoria, who
stayed there each year.
Czar Rose
-
Nathalie Casbas, Villaudric, France.
No description available.
Czar
Variegated
- Origins unknown. 1898.
A variegated form of the
'Czar'.