Beauty, as usual :-) Thanks for the pic, nice of you :-)

I didn't know that crosspollination made seeds having a better germination...could you tell us more about that ? :-)

All the best.
Thierry.

it's a guess, thierry. i know normal violets are self fertile. that's why i cant explain the poor germination on what looks like healthy, ripe seed. a bit of genetic variation 'might' help....perhaps the next clone will make better seed by itself? i'll keep you informed.
rob...

Nice looking plant Rob, and nice piccy :)

CoffieldÂs Nursery, in your neck of the woods, listed V. crassa in their Nov-94 catalogue. Was that your source? If not, maybe you could ask them, too, if they know a trick or two about germinating it?

It comes from Hokkaido, and Hironobu Hisashi tells me it grows in stony sites in the alpine zone. So I'd guess it needs a thorough winter chilling (or two?) to break dormancy.

Best of luck!

with the small size of the 'special plant' community in this country, i wouldnt be surprised if rene coffeild's violet came from the same source. we're very luck with the generousity of collectors and the few specialsit nurseries. i think coffields have retired again and finally closed. they're business BEGAN after years in a large general nursery in ballarat. they have a daughter who is a nuserywoman in the u.k. both the senior coffields are cursed with arthritis. i dont know how they kept going as long as they did.
update on the seedling...daily it looks more like a new plant of v. crassa! did you germinate any of the seed i gave you in last time we met? i guess you would have mentioned it! i'll save again carfully this year...

rob...

I haven't germinated that seed; but I have the other half of it in the fridge, which I plan to sow this winter... Thanks.