LS - you better contact the local clubs. There are Canadian sellers - but not everybody wants to ship in winter.

I.

Here is a link that might be useful: clubs

Thanks! I will see what I can find. I believe the nearest club is in Calgary..about 3 hours from here.

Where are you. I am 5 hours from Calgary north and don't get there for meetings but know that they have a strong club. http://www.bloomlovers.com/ is a great Canadian supplier but will not ship until it warms up
Wendy /SK

I just placed a order with Tina at bloomlovers.com last week . She has her new listing on line. She will not start shipping until the middle of next month. You can go ahead place the order she will pull your plants and ship when she starts shipping. She will send you a email when she ships

This post was edited by daniel.edmondson on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 22:44

Wait another month and you can get AV's from Lyndon Lyon without the winter shipping surcharge. That would be my first choice.

Other good sources are Bloomlovers, Blooming Jungle, and Jack's Violets on ebay.

Nice variegated varieties are ...

Private Dancer, (dark blue-violet bloom)
Wrangler's Swinging Blues, (light blue-violet bloom)
Cool Mint, (white bloom)
Heaven's Reflection. (violet bloom)
Arctic Bliss, (bicolor white/blue bloom)
and Lela Marie (pink bloom)

These, in my experience, have been easy to grow and to maintain the variegation in the foliage.

The photo is of Private Dancer.

Thanks to everyone who posted :-) I will contact Bloomlovers...I am about 3 hours south of Calgary.

The photo of Private Dancer is gorgeous!

I appreciate your help!
Anne