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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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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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Reigning Beauty
Reigning Beauty is a standard African violet hybridized by J. Swift. It produces semidouble red-purple star flowers with darker, ruffled petal edges, above medium-green, plain foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Reigning Beauty Name Reigning Beauty Hybridizer J. Swift Year Unknown Type Standard Growth habit Single-crown standard rosette Flower Semidouble, star-shaped, frilled Flower color Red-purple with…
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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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Ellie Gardner
Ellie Gardner is a vintage standard trailing African violet hybridized by Paul Harris. It produces plush, double, bright two-tone pink flowers with softly wavy petals, set above striking plain variegated foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Ellie Gardner Name Ellie Gardner Hybridizer Paul Harris (P. Harris) Year Unknown Type Standard trailer Growth habit Naturally trailing; develops…
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Le’ Kardamon
LE-Kardamon (ЛЕ-Кардамон, “Cardamom”) is a variegated standard African violet hybridized by Elena Lebetskaya. It is especially prized for its unusual coppery-pink, veined flowers with green ruffled edges, together with dark-green serrated foliage edged in pink and white. Characteristic Specific details of LE-Kardamon Name LE-Kardamon (ЛЕ-Кардамон) Common English name LE-Cardamom Hybridizer Elena Lebetskaya (Е. Лебецкая /…
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Wonder of Wendy
Wonder of Wendy is a standard African violet that originated from seed in 2022 within the Vancouver African Violet Growers Club (VAVGC). Grown by club member Wendy and later propagated and selected by Bob Hunter, it produces single soft-pink flowers with good substance and bright yellow centers. The medium-to-dark green leaves are quilted and slightly…