Oh, Elin! those are the most divine violets! Typical charming violet flowers like old woodland favourites, but the most exotic foliage! I first saw them (I think) on Scottish Rock Garden Forum (some wonderful Patagonian travelogues), and, like you, could scarcely believe these could be violets.. I have, so far, tried one small lot of seeds, which I did not succeed with (likely I don't actually have anywhere suitable to grow them anyway...) but I will try again some day ;) Cohan West Central Alberta, Canada, Zone 2-3 record temps from 10-20 miles away: min -45C/-49F;max 34C/93F http://picasaweb.google.com/cactuscactus
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Cohan's reference to similarities of cultivars reminded me of the article > in the current Rock Garden Quarterly that featured pictures of these curious > plants. I was stunned by them. Their foliage looks more like Sempervivums > than the violas I grow with stems that grow leggy with age. How could they > possibly be related? In light of the breaking up of the taxonomy of so many > plants with very similar features we are familiar with, how could there be > any relationship between these plants? > > Elin Johnson > >
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