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Viola odorata 'Amethyst'



I bought it from Groves but the only reference I can find online turned out to be one of my own pictures. The purple flowers develop greyish tints as they age. Roy Coombs says it is Australian but that "No description available".







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).