HI Patty, anything wanting to bloom outside here would have a hard time. They are saying that we should get snow flurries over the next few days. I think that you saw reports from Quebec City over the last few days and anyone could not help but notice the amount of snow. Certainly, what we got over early January has melted, but just ask Leon. We have cold weather and will until April or May.

BTW, your AVS are beautiful and the blooms are even better.

Yolanda

There is a reason I like living in Georgia. I can ride my motorcycle or my horses all year round and we often see no snow at all, or only a little of it. On the flip side however, our summers are brutally hot and humid. We are looking to move this next year back up into the mountains over three or four thousand feet to get back to a log cabin like we usually have, now my husband is finishing up his PHD.

Patty, all are beautiful violets, though 'Snow Edelweiss' is stunning, thanks for showing !!

Yachiyo is great - rosette is not that fantastic, the flowers are droppers - but when it blooms - it is abundant and very cheerful. Makes you smile. Plant is tough. Mostly new suckers become chimeras, sometimes they go blue and white chimera - which is not as festive. I love it.

Oooh, interesting. As usual, what is a dropper for others so far isn't for me. But my humidity level is much higher than most people's so I keep finding things that are usually droppers, don't do that on me here. So far the flowers are long lasting and are fading on the plant without dropping even one so far, though I have moved the plant around a lot. It also has a beautiful rosette for me.

I should leave the dying flowers and take a photo of the entire plant for you. I am new to growing it however so I don't have a lot of experience with this cultivar yet. As always, VERY nice information, Irina. I really appreciate your sharing it.

My humidity in the studio btw is averaging 50% in winter and 70% or more the rest of the year.