I grew this plant for about (2) years.

It grew fairly well, and bloomed on the regular.

As time went on, the blooms became more and more blue ... till it was about half blue ... half white ...

Mine varies. Here is a picture from August of 2015 and one from November. Do temperatures affect the colors?

August

November

I was of the mind that temperature does affect the color, but once my plant went more blue, it stayed bluer.

Hmm...I'm wondering about light also. I only have natural light so maybe less (Nov) causes the deeper blue?

There are summer/winter changes. The variety Beachcomber seasonally changes from almost all white - to mostly blue and back...

Maybe some people don't like that quality in violets, but I think it's pretty fun! Beachcomber sounds like one I'd like to get!

LARGE, long petioles, hyb. Sidney Sorano, likes lower light, flowers - HUGE.

The first bloom of another bloom cycle of my Harmony's White Lace. It's yet a different look. Meg

Wow - it sported to the point - it threw a chimera flower. It is a rare and very desirable mutation - if it stays stable - you are in luck. But most of the time - it stays - one flower only - and then it gets back to less organized pattern. See how it goes. If the rest of them will be like this - you won the prize.

I wondered if it might be a chimera but don't know enough about them to identify them. So a chimera flower can even show up on an established plant? It's around 4 years old. The first plantlet from it has recently bloomed. At first I thought it was a pure white flower but when I looked closer it has a tiny bit of purple on the edge of the petal. The second and third have a little more. Here's the first one.

I guess it has a little green toward the center also.

Anything that has multicolor flowers can sport into chimera - but it happens VERY RARELY.

"Pretty Miss Kelly' has very variable flowers - the one I grow every so often throws an almost chimera flower - but then it reverses back.

These are such interesting plants! It's exciting to see what a plant is going to produce next. I don't suppose that it's too exciting for those who plan to show plants and the blooms don't end up being what was expected.

It is not registered, existing description doesn't say that every flower will be identical, and everybody who tried to grow it - judges too - know that it is a feature of this variety. I think it is a fun plant to grow. Not the best show plant - long petioles, tender flowers, leaves break easily - but for enjoyment - who cares.

Pretty Miss Kelly (D Croteau) Large single-semi-double light purple star/soft pink and dark blue fantasy, frilled edge. Variegated medium green and beige. Standard -

It's very pretty. Why isn't it registered? Is it because it isn't stable? I am not familiar with registration except I think it needs to be true for 3 generations, correct?

The hybridizer needs to fill the forms with the description, parentage, pay $5 and send it to the AVSA. It is quite a hassle, the forms should be filled on a special acid free paper, so you need to order it from AVSA. It is a decision of a hybridizer - if plant is good enough, stable enough - here is 3 generations rule. Some people want to see their name in print - they register average varieties - which do not go anywhere but to friends and family - and some are very selective, most of their seedlings go to compost. Denis Croteau created some of the most amazing violets, but actually registered selected few. Probably the cream of the crop.

So interesting! I wish all of this was in a book.

It is probably in the books, just not in one book.

You were right, Irina. Only one chimera bloom. The rest are what I'm more used to seeing on this plant.

It is a very nice plant - and it will surprise you every so often!

I've got three leaves of the White Lace, all rooted and producing plantlets. Now I'll look to see if I have similar luck.

Very pretty!!!!! Rosie