Well, Wow that is quite the trait! I see what you mean every violet has them, but some are so small, I can barely consider it a leaf, these are quarter sized, and look like the momma leaves, quite unique. I have read that if they are propagated by leaf, they sport, and quite often go back to a faded blue, so am I safe to assume that if I did give it away, it would lose its name and become "a sport of".....Would the suckers bloom true to the parent? These AV genetics stump me sometimes....lol Thanks

WHat a beauty that is! I Have bout 50 seedlings now so In a another 3 years I May be able to do that! I sure wonder where I Am going to put them though...sure would help to be able to plant them outside! I May have to get a grow tunnel for them. THen I could have a lot more, LOL. I also have 4 batches of seed I have not started yet this year. THe good thing is that I Can use up the flowers in my cut flower business even if I do not keep them after their first blooms. THat will help to pay their board and room bill...

Thanks everyone! The thing I love about Party Prince is that it always opens well early in the morning, even when it's cool outside. It's grown fine for me but hasn't increased that fast, but I think that's my fault because I keep on moving it every year (have to find the perfect place for it.) Cantique is a good grower and multiplier and blooms for a long time. It always gets lots of proliferations and some of the proliferations get scapes and bloom too. Here's a few pics from today: Siloam Rose Dawn Mystic Mariner Edith Vaughan (finally opened well) Juliet

Since I'm registered as a contributor with FindAGrave, I get emails when a request is made for a photo in my area. The only problem is, FindAGrave must think "my area" is awfully big! I've gotten requests for cemeteries in New York, as well as parts of PA that I never visit. Maybe this is because when I attended my cousin Terry's funeral in NY two years ago, I impulsively took a picture of a gravestone that caught my attention--and it turned out to be one that someone had requested. So I filled a request in NY, and I guess that set me up to receive other requests in that area. The other thing I do with FindAGrave is just photograph gravestones at random, and upload them to that cemetery's listing on the website as needed. Sometimes the deceased is already mentioned (has a memorial) on the website, and someone else has taken the picture. That doesn't happen very often, but if it does, I just don't upload mine. Sometimes the deceased has a memorial but no picture, and in that case I add mine. Most often, no memorial exists, so I create one, uploading the photo along with information such as name, dates, and links to spouses or parents. I just checked my FindAGrave status. So far I've only filled 16 photo requests, but I've created 492 memorials and have added 689 photos. I'm also registered at raogk.com (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness), but don't hear from them very often.