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Parma 'Duchess de Parme' blossoms
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Posted by violetvamp 7a/Virginia,USA (My Page) on Thu, Oct 5, 06 at 19:54
| Hello all out there in Violet Land!I bought the parma violet "Duchess de Parme" last fall and planted out side.It survived the winter and sent its typical runners out all around.No blossoms last year.About a month ago I was checking it out and saw about 6 buds on one runner!I was soooo excited!(I have never smelled a real violet yet)I check it every day and it has these kind of bulb looking things emerging very slowly.I also noticed some spider mites on the bulbs and removed them.Can I expect some real blooms soon?I know parmas don't set seed,so they have to be buds-How can I assure they will develop so I can see and smell them FINALLY??!! Thanks all! Violetvamp from VA. |
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RE: Parma 'Duchess de Parme' blossoms
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Everything seems to go on the good way ( althought I don't exactely understand what this "bulb looking thing" is....)
One thing you have to do now is to take off the runner so that the plant can focus on its blooms instead of making useless leaves... :-))
Here parmas are just showing their very first tiny buds...it is sometimes enough to catch the perfume! mainly if there is a gentle ray of automn sun...
Hope you will come back to your computer to share with us this first experience!! ;-) |
RE: Parma 'Duchess de Parme' blossoms
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| Thank you Nathalie!As far as removing the other runners so the mother plant can produce more flowers-the other runners are long but haven't attached any roots to the soil yet,so how do I keep them after I cut them off the mother plant?Place them in some water to root? Violetvamp |
RE: Parma 'Duchess de Parme' blossoms
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| Well.you can let the runners spread until they root a bit or take them off just before that moment and then pick them directly in potting soil..When they are long and still growing it's more difficult to get roots.. |
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