Sunday, May 24, 2009

My violet collection

I must admit, I credit my friend Amy for my love of violets. Now that I have places where they grow, I can't resist adding to my collection. Left to right: white and green variegated leaves with pink flowers; Aileen's double (from Amy); unknown flower color (hasn't bloomed in a while)


Baseball cactus, two cuttings that have just started to root; another unnamed violet

Recent violet (in red pot) from my friend Susan

Top: Hawaii (has beautiful dark purple flowers with white edges. Bottom: Christmas cactus

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Aww, thanks, sweetie. Though, I fear, you have to blame...umm, credit...my mom and Grandma Aileen too. :-)

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