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Thu, Oct 11, 12 at 1:35
| Does anyone have helpful hints for growing Parma Violets in pots or the garden? Sometimes my healthy looking plants develop crumpled leaves and look miserable. On close inspection I have found aphids infesting the crowns and under the leaves; doing a lot of damage. Pyrethrum spray is effective in getting rid of them but, in time, they come back. The little blighters even crawl into the flowers. I didn't know they were there until I enlarged the pic: Aphids on V.parma 'Lady Hume Campbell'which I have posted here. |
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- Posted by marguerite Ireland (My Page) on Sun, Oct 14, 12 at 19:16
| I seem to remember that ants sometimes pollinate violets, and I know that they also farm aphids, so maybe there is a connection here. I also know ants dislike being hosed down, and that might wash off the aphids, so perhaps a regular, firm diffused spray would discourage the aphids and ants if there are any. |
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- Posted by helenaviolet 9b (My Page) on Mon, Oct 15, 12 at 7:57
| Interesting connection. Oh yes I have ants all over the place and find them crawling into the flowers too. I quite believe they may pollinate the flowers. It would be nice if Parma violets set seed but I have never seen them. Certainly ants distribute seeds. You can get rid of ants safely from pathways and in the kitchen by dusting with plain cheap talcum powder. A bit messy at first but it works. The powder clogs their breathing holes and they just disappear. |
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- Posted by scott_madison 5 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 12 at 21:06
| Greetings all... A question on Parma violets. I have a beautiful specimen of Duchesse de Parme that I summer outdoors and keep on an unheated southeast facing window during the winter months. It is currently coming into bloom and appears to have lots of buds developing. My question is on the fragrance of Parmas. I have always been under the impression that they are among the most fragrant of all violets.... Yet mine are all but scentless. Occasionally , I will get an ever so slight scent off of them... But not nearly the overpoweringly delicious fragrance I read so much about. The flowers are a light lavender color, very double and, when open, perhaps less than a half inch across... So I'm guessing it is, in fact, a Parma violet and not some mislabeled imposter. Any clues?? |
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