Newest African Violet Varieties  

The myViolet Series

The new “my” series of African Violets bring a new unique series of bi-color blooms to the Violet offering. All of these varieties have the multi-florescence trait bred into them that allows the plant to produce many more blooms than standard Violets.

"Each of the varieties adds it’s own special splash of color to the Violet world”. This is an exciting new breakthrough. Individually or as a group, this new series stands out in the crowd.

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The Southern Belle Series

The Southern Belle Series is a collection of new African Violets characterized by bell-shaped flower blooms in light pink (IsaBelle) and pale blue (AnnaBelle).

Each variety as it is develped will be named in the Southern Belle tradition.
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The Artist's Palette Series

The Artist's Palette series is a collection of new African Violets characterized by large flowers and unique patterns of color that appear to have been brushed on. Thus, the name "Artist's Palette."

Each variety commemorates the name of an artist,
such as Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Hiroshige and Van Gogh.

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The 6" EverFloris Series

EverFloris is a series of Optimara Violets comprised entirely of varieties developed from the Optimara "Space Violet" program.These seeds orbited for 6 years in space on NASA's LDEF satellite!

Compared to most standard African Violets, EverFloris Violets are bigger and easier to grow, with larger, fuller blooms that flower continuously. Click the link for a variety detail of EverFloris violets.

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