http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2003/09/30/autumn-herald-and-violet-queen/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2003/09/30/autumn-herald-and-violet-queen/comment-page-1/#comment-15915 The Triplets | Cold Climate Gardening Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:22:14 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2003/09/30/autumn-herald-and-violet-queen/#comment-15915 [...] vigorous. Actually, neither of them look violet to me, but we went over this ground discussing ‘Violet Queen.’ They looked so similar that I wrote the firm I purchased them from and asked them how to tell the [...] [...] vigorous. Actually, neither of them look violet to me, but we went over this ground discussing ‘Violet Queen.’ They looked so similar that I wrote the firm I purchased them from and asked them how to tell the [...]

]]> http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2003/09/30/autumn-herald-and-violet-queen/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Judith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2003/09/30/autumn-herald-and-violet-queen/#comment-91 I agree. I have Violet Queen, bought under the same assumption, and it isn't very purple or very exciting, but it is sturdy. My guess is that folks read someone else's description and just copy the color name/wording. Imperial violet is that murex-color the ancients used, and I would guess closer to magenta. As magenta is usually a no-no in garden fashion, do you suppose Imperial violet was substituted in an early marketing strategy? Colchicums are good cut (maybe you've already said that & I missed it--sorry--) so you can hold them for comparison next year. I agree. I have Violet Queen, bought under the same assumption, and it isn’t very purple or very exciting, but it is sturdy. My guess is that folks read someone else’s description and just copy the color name/wording. Imperial violet is that murex-color the ancients used, and I would guess closer to magenta. As magenta is usually a no-no in garden fashion, do you suppose Imperial violet was substituted in an early marketing strategy?
Colchicums are good cut (maybe you’ve already said that & I missed it–sorry–) so you can hold them for comparison next year.

]]> http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2003/09/30/autumn-herald-and-violet-queen/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Kathy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2003/09/30/autumn-herald-and-violet-queen/#comment-92 Yes, when you start comparing catalog copy, you find they all sound alike. They often seem to be echoing Bryan's _Bulbs_, though sometimes they will admit to quoting Bowles. Yes, when you start comparing catalog copy, you find they all sound alike. They often seem to be echoing Bryan’s _Bulbs_, though sometimes they will admit to quoting Bowles.

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