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EK-Strawberry Cake (EK-Клубничный Торт)
EK-Strawberry Cake is a standard African violet hybridized by E. Korshunova (Ukraine) in 2016. It produces very large (about 6 cm), densely double, fringed white flowers marked with strawberry-pink “thumbprint” spots on the petals, above a show-quality rosette of rich, dark-green foliage. Characteristic Specific details of EK-Strawberry Cake Name EK-Strawberry Cake (EK-Клубничный Торт / EK-Klubnichny…
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Cajun’s Fair Maiden
Cajun’s Fair Maiden is a variegated standard African violet hybridized by Belinda Thibodeaux and registered with AVSA on December 7, 2013 (#10636, DAVS 1784). It produces semidouble to double pink frilled pansy flowers with a darker eye and a variable, thin raspberry sparkle edge, above heart-shaped, quilted foliage variegated in dark green, cream, and pink.…
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N-Aurora
N-Avrora (Н-Аврора) is a miniature African violet hybridized by Nadezhda Berdnikova, registered with AVSA on March 30, 2019 (#11174). It produces semidouble to double, fluted star-shaped flowers in white and rose-pink, held above a rosette of variegated medium-green, white, and cream foliage. Characteristic Specific details of N-Avrora Name N-Avrora (Н-Аврора) — also seen transliterated as…
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Buckeye Seductress
Buckeye Seductress is a large standard African violet hybridized by Pat Hancock and registered with AVSA in 2006 (variety number 9669). It is famous for its double dark-lavender star blooms with a wide white band and a green edge, set against variegated medium-green and cream foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Buckeye Seductress Name Buckeye Seductress…
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Tina’s April Fantasy
Tina’s April Fantasy is a standard African violet hybridized by Tina Elfström (Sweden). It is an extremely distinctive fantasy variety: single to semidouble white pansy-shaped flowers with blue/dark-purple fantasy markings, paired with medium-green foliage that shows scattered red/maroon fantasy specks known as “Elf variegation.” Characteristic Specific details of Tina’s April Fantasy Name Tina’s April Fantasy…
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Jolly Bells
Jolly Bells is a miniature African violet from Hortense Pittman’s Jolly series. It was registered with AVSA in 2011 and produces single white sticktite bell-shaped flowers over a neat rosette of light-green, plain foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Jolly Bells Name Jolly Bells Hybridizer Hortense Pittman (H. Pittman) AVSA registration #10441 Year 2011 (registered November…
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Hunter’s Slippery When Wet
Hunter’s Slippery When Wet is a standard African violet hybridized by Ken Muzalewski and registered in 2019. It features double, light-pink frilled pansy flowers with a darker eye and a delicate white-to-green edge, beautifully complemented by variegated medium-green and white serrated foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Hunter’s Slippery When Wet Name Hunter’s Slippery When Wet…
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Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon is a large standard African violet registered by Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses and Paul Sorano in 2005. It is celebrated for exceptionally large, frilled light-blue flowers with a darker blue centre and a raspberry-to-reddish-purple edge, sometimes finished with a fine pale-green ruffle. Characteristic Specific details of Blue Dragon Name Blue Dragon Hybridizer Lyndon Lyon…
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Mac’s Coral Clackamas
Mac’s Coral Clackamas is a semiminiature African violet hybridized by George McDonald and registered as AVSA #9876 on January 31, 2008. It produces single coral-pink sticktite pansy flowers, sometimes described with darker purple fantasy markings, above distinctive medium-green-and-white variegated Clackamas-type foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Mac’s Coral Clackamas Name Mac’s Coral Clackamas Hybridizer George McDonald…
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Hunter’s Muy Grande
Hunter’s Muy Grande is a large standard African violet hybridized by Ken Muzalewski. Registered in 2019, it is known for large single to semidouble wine- or plum-coloured star flowers with pink fantasy streaks, paired with dark-green-and-cream variegated quilted foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Hunter’s Muy Grande Name Hunter’s Muy Grande Hybridizer Ken Muzalewski (K. Muzalewski)…