The first attachment shows young plants from September sowing and the second resulting flowers. (download) Click here to download: FROM_SEED_TO_FLOWER_.SEPT_2011.zip (2.86 MB)

Select two cultivars to cross ,checking that pollen is present and stigma viscid(sticky), carefully take off the bottom petal.(attachment 1 ) These must have been isolated from bees from the time they commence to open, for obvious reasons, to prevent unwanted fertilisation...

These are the earliest florist  flowers   from last year’s cuttings..   The first is” Gladys’s Hughes” and the second” Erdington” both exhibition Florist fancy pansies.   Further posts will  explain how to make a cross.   The purchased insect proof mesh cage, which...

These are the first results of last year’s crossing and have not “settled down “ yet, after a few more blooms, perhaps , one can evaluate further. The first could be a replacement for the  extinct belted show pansy John Rodgers- possibly. The deep bottom petal on the...

After a search on the web for seed of CORSICA BLUE  a small pure blue little species plant, I obtained a source of this cultivar, and ordered three packets. Attachment shows the resulting disappointment- not one so far has produced the plant claimed on the seed packet...

These for the time being are the last of the unidentified seedlings. (download) Click here to download: Last_lots_of_wasteland_violas.zip (1.23 MB)

Following on from the last post some more seedling violas for possible parents to be identified. (download) Click here to download: A_few_more_to_test_your_memory.zip (1.72 MB)

We have been asked by a member of the Botanical Society of the British Isles, a Mr Michael Wilcox, to see if anyone can identify these which he has found growing in the wild. Mainly wasteland areas. Michael has forwarded a  lot more  photo’s of other such seedling violas...

I got all these trophies out for polishing and wrapping up to return them for this year’s show ,and decided to take a photo for posterity at the same time.