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Last night, instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour, I got it into my head that I needed to cull the remaining babies that I've kept since I tried to kill them.  The ones that did well are...

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LOL.  if they were icky, I wouldn't want them in my compost. 

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Anabel - I had not read this until tonight - after I went through my own trays and trashed those that looked awful.  When I got up this morning, I actually felt better and felt like walking in there...

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Fresh starts are good, aren't they?  It's so hard to make them - loss isn't a fun thing!  But I've yet to feel badly once I've done it - whatever the fresh start was.

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Since I had to throw so much out, I took Nancy's therapy to heart.  I saw where my favorite nursery had houseplants - purchase two and receive one for free.  I wanted to just find one violet with...

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It's such a treat to get some new things, especially after a big purge. It was so hard for me to purge when I didn't have any replacements! And, while I had leaves down, they just weren't very...

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Last night I put the new violets in the living room - warmer than the quarantine shelf.  This morning I decided to bag the violets for the quarantine and put them on the regular shelf with lighting....

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Here's the new guys.....

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Do you know any of their names?Nancy

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Only Hawaiian Pearl - on the left in the trio, was labeled.

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If the variegated purple one has white edge, it MIGHT be Royal Rage.Nancy

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They are very lovely. And since they're blooming in February they are stupendous, !

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Jan... Nancy is right it is Royal Rage... I was in BB Barns and almost bought that one, it had the label at the time.... it had several suckers on it, so Cynthia removed the suckers and gave them to...

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This is Royal Rage grown by my son.This is my own Royal Rage.

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I keep taking Royal Rage off, then putting it back on my wish list....it just got put back on :-).

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Spencer - how funny you were just there, too.  I hate it when BB Barns puts all those Optimara's out at $5, when you can get the same thing at the grocery store for $2 or $3.  BB Barns is ususally...

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I grew Royal Rage for many years...and thought that picture looked like it....but not sure.I didn't see the color change in the center of the flowers in your pictures. I think mine had a strongerwhite...

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Jan... I agree with you about the optimara violets.... I use to get quite a few plants from them, I would get there the day they arrived.... it got to where they were getting the same varieties over...

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Spencer - I used to go to BB Barns either the day or day after the tropicals arrived.  I got many of my varieties from them, but also noticed the variety ended!  You and I probably kept them busy...

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I wish I had something like a BB Barnes around here! It's basically the same thing in the stores here. I go and look and it's just the same plain ole violets over n over again. My accidental chimera...

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