maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

I was in the city park when I saw what appears to be a wild violet
with burgandy/maroon colored leaves. It was growing on a little
island in the pond where there are houses for the ducks to go into. I
was wondering if anyone knew what this might be? I am quite fond of
the wild violets in my yard and planting beds and I would love to find
a place to buy some seeds for this plant so I could add it as well.

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

Sounds lovely. Out here, wild sorrel and oxalist are generally pests, but
there's a variety with mottled purple leaves which is quite lovely. It seems
indestructible. Cpi;d O semd you a root from Louisiana (New Orleans) as a
stand-in till you find your violet seeds, or are you somewhere where that
would be illegal??
zemedelec

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

The message
from griffon contains these words:

I was in the city park when I saw what appears to be a wild violet
with burgandy/maroon colored leaves. It was growing on a little
island in the pond where there are houses for the ducks to go into. I
was wondering if anyone knew what this might be?

Viola labradorica?

Janet

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

What part of the country you in? Were they heart shaped leaves or
toothed and deeply sculpted?

Dave



On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:49:24 -0500, griffon
wrote:

I was in the city park when I saw what appears to be a wild violet
with burgandy/maroon colored leaves. It was growing on a little
island in the pond where there are houses for the ducks to go into. I
was wondering if anyone knew what this might be? I am quite fond of
the wild violets in my yard and planting beds and I would love to find
a place to buy some seeds for this plant so I could add it as well.

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

Janet Baraclough wrote:

The message
from griffon contains these words:

I was in the city park when I saw what appears to be a wild violet
with burgandy/maroon colored leaves. It was growing on a little
island in the pond where there are houses for the ducks to go into. I
was wondering if anyone knew what this might be?

Viola labradorica?

Janet

I had ruled it out earlier after seeing several pictures that had
mostly green leaves, but after a lot of searching, I think that almost
has to be the plant. This plant had more of a red than purple tint to
the leaves, but I simply can not find anything in google that is
similar to this plant except the labrador violet.

I think this is probably it and this one plant just had the red look
because of something special about it's situation. Heck, it might
look that way because of all the duck waste or something, what do I
know? Oh well, I do know that I am now going to find me some of these
plants whether they are the same or not. Much prettier than the
typical wild violets that grow in these parts (violat pratincola, i
think).

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

pamfree (Zemedelec) wrote:

Sounds lovely. Out here, wild sorrel and oxalist are generally pests, but
there's a variety with mottled purple leaves which is quite lovely. It seems
indestructible. Cpi;d O semd you a root from Louisiana (New Orleans) as a
stand-in till you find your violet seeds, or are you somewhere where that
would be illegal??

I imagine it would be fine - I try to keep up with which plants are
no-nos in this state (Arkansas) and for the most part it is stuff like
purple loosestrife.

The purple plant isn't this is it?
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week021.shtml

I have some of that, I thought for years it was a house plant that was
a no-grow outside, but I had to clean it out of a potted fig tree
after my cat removed some from one pot and placed it in that one - and
it grew. I just pulled it up and tossed it into a perennial garden.
This was in fall and the next spring there was a decent bit of it
growing there. Supposedly it is not hardy north of zone 7, but I am
in 6b and so far we have not had a winter cold enough to kill it off.

If it is something else, then I would probably love a start of it. I
am fond of oxalis anyway.

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

Dave Fouchey wrote:

What part of the country you in? Were they heart shaped leaves or
toothed and deeply sculpted?

Zone 6b, Northern Arkansas. They were heart shaped. Probably the
same plant as was suggested elsewhere in the thread. I plan on going
back and getting a picture of it just in case it is something special.
Assuming it is still there. An older gentleman was out there digging
up flower bulbs earlier this year. Some people take "public park" too
literally. =)

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 00:11:45 -0500, griffon
wrote:

Dave Fouchey wrote:

What part of the country you in? Were they heart shaped leaves or
toothed and deeply sculpted?

Zone 6b, Northern Arkansas. They were heart shaped. Probably the
same plant as was suggested elsewhere in the thread. I plan on going
back and getting a picture of it just in case it is something special.
Assuming it is still there. An older gentleman was out there digging
up flower bulbs earlier this year. Some people take "public park" too
literally. =)
Don't they though...

As the earlier poster suggests it is probably Labradorica. I am
partial to the Bird Foot Violets which have really neat leaves as well
as pretty blossoms, found in woodland settings. Not sure if they range
to Arkansas however...

http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/flo2814.htm

http://members.aol.com/ag2web/flowers/local/fl_p1a.htm


Cheers!

Dave Fouchey

maroon-leaved wild violet?
 

Cpi;d O semd you a root from Louisiana (New Orleans) as a
stand-in till you find your violet seeds, or are you somewhere where that
would be illegal??

I imagine it would be fine - I try to keep up with which plants are
no-nos in this state (Arkansas) and for the most part it is stuff like
purple loosestrife.

The purple plant isn't this is it?
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week021.shtml

I have some of that, I thought for years it was a house plant that was
a no-grow outside, but I had to clean it out of a potted fig tree
after my cat removed some from one pot and placed it in that one - and
it grew. I just pulled it up and tossed it into a perennial garden.
This was in fall and the next spring there was a decent bit of it
growing there. Supposedly it is not hardy north of zone 7, but I am
in 6b and so far we have not had a winter cold enough to kill it off.



Yes, that's it--though it's humongeous compared to the three little sprigs I've
been able to nuture. One thing I've noticed: every time I think I've
"transplanted" it from the original site--under a gardenia in deep shade where
it doesn't grow very well--the parent plant springs up again, unkillable.
zemedelec