Viola odorata 'Alice'

Viola odorata 'Alice'

	A small and strongly scented variety. The mulberry flowers are shaded with purple shadows. I got it from Groves in Dorset and can find no other reference to it. Roy E. Coombs says in 'Violets': "'Alice' (Australia). Medium sized lilac flowers shaded with grey. Intense perfume." I suspect this is not the same cultivar.
25th February 2007


25th February 2007

References:

Coombs, Roy E. - 'Violets' , B. T. Batsford, (1981) 2003

Coon, Nelson - 'The Complete Book of Violets' , Thomas Yoseloff ltd, 1977

Genders, Roy - 'Pansies, Violas and Violets' , Garden Book Club, 1958

Zambra, Grace L. - 'Violets for Garden and Market' , Collingridge (1938) 1950

Burrows, Jean - 'Vivat Victoria Regina', Journal of the RHS, Vol.113 , No.5 (1988).

Griffiths, Mark - 'Sweet tennants of the shade', Journal of the RHS, Vol.126 , No.2 (2001).

Coombs, Roy E. - 'Cultivated violets: are they really unscented?', The Plantsman, Vol.3 , No.1 (1981).

Coombs, Roy E. - 'Parma Violets', The Plantsman, Vol.1 , No.3 (1979).