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Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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Posted by draganav 7 VA (My Page) on Fri, Jun 9, 06 at 2:41
| Hello.
Where can I buy Viola Odorata, or any violas? I have not been seeing them in my local nurseries here in northern Virginia.
Thank you,
Dragana |
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RE: Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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- Posted by etii France 8 (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 18, 06 at 5:48
| There are so many places where you can find seeds of that one !!! Use Google or altavista and so on...viola odorata is not rare at all... |
RE: Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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| You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to find V. odorata in local nurseries across the U.S. - and growing them from seed isn't always terribly easy, either. Sometimes you'll run into a (very) limited number of cultivars at specialty nurseries, occasionally in the herb section, but your best bet is to buy them from a reliable mail-order supplier like Canyon Creek in Oregon. You'll get a far better selection and help support one of the only enthusiasts who actually markets these gems between our shores :) Another problem you'll run into is mislabeled violets in local nurseries, which is how I ended up with my Viola sororia problem years ago (it's a bit of a weed, to put it mildly). You may well find some violets like the ubiquitous 'Freckles', and perhaps a few others, more reliably in your average garden center. Fragrant ones are not nearly so easy to come by but are worth any extra time and money it takes to acquire them. Stefan |
RE: Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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| Hello! I know this is an old post, but I have been searching for viola odorata this year for Spring planting. I have found that Bluestone Perennials (www.bluestoneperennials.com) sells several viola species, including two viola odorata (Queen Charlotte & White Czar.) I am planning on ordering some from them this month. Richter's Herb Specialists (in Canada - http://www.richters.com/) sells seeds. I have ordered lavender plants from them (but not any kind of seeds) and recommend them.
I haven't found any viola odorata plants in any of my local nurseries (around St. Louis.) If anyone else has any other suggestions, I'd appreciate them! Thanks! Nicole |
RE: Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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| I couldn't find any so I grew mine from seed that a friend picked up in Europe. It took two years to get flowers. I've ordered seeds from various British seed shops before and had great success (I believe their seeds are fresher than any of the large catalog or online shops). With the exchange rate it comes to about $3 per packet but the smaller shops send more seeds per packet then the bigger places. I've also ordered most of what Canyon Creek offers and all but one has survived and flourished. They know their violets and know how to ship them. I will be ordering from them again in the future. |
RE: Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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| John, do you think there are any British seed companies that are worth naming here? I've become jaded with ordering seeds from overseas because they were invariably too far past expiration. I don't think violets can be stored by humans more than a few weeks, perhaps a few months, before they simply refuse to germinate altogether - but knowing which seed houses who offer truly fresh wares would be invaluable. I think that Americans are at quite a disadvantage not having that many cultivars to choose from in the first place, given the difficulty of importing live plants from overseas (and live plants furnish the only means we have to help maintain most cultivars). Still, we need to actively preserve what we do have. I've always received healthy and well-packed plants from Canyon Creek and would encourage others to patronize them, too. They are the only nursery that specializes in violets in this country as far as I am aware. |
RE: Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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| I don't mind but those that run this website consider any naming of any business as advertising, which is forbidden. But, since they seem to be allowing all sorts of bad posts on other forums I doubt they will notice this one. My personal favorites are www.secretseeds.com and www.plantworldseeds.com both of them are not what I would call violet specialists. I looked them up while searching for other seeds - so don't go there expecting a wide array of viola seeds. It just seems to me that all the large plant companies sell seeds that all come from the same seed source - a defect in one crop I grew showed up in all the other seed sources as well. I trade a lot of seed with local gardeners (please don't ask me for seeds, I'm all out) which is great fun activity but germination rates are low. Another problem with the larger catalogs is that their prices per seed have really gone up - so unless it is something I really want, it just isn't worth it. The packets from the small British seed shops are small and obviously hand packed - but they contain more seed, so they come out to a better deal. For those of you living in Europe. Here in America we don't have these sorts of businesses. There may be seeds for sale at lots of stores, but all the packets are the same. There are no small shops that specialize in unusual plant seeds. |
RE: Where can I purchase viola odorata?
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| Hi all, I ve been looking for this plant too..in Ontario Canada. I don t see any garden centres carrying it. Just wondering: is Viola Odorata also called sweet violet? If so then it apparently grows wild sometimes? S |
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