Without violets it is impossible to present any collection of a real lover and connoisseur of flowers. In the modern floristics industry, these flowers exist innumerable, the number of their varieties is constantly growing due to the tireless and continuous work of breeders.
We invite you to get acquainted with the magnificent works of Tatiana Lvovna Dadoyan, a collector and a big fan of violets.
Breeder Brief
Tatyana Lvovna Dadoyan is a Russian breeder of violets. Tatiana herself can not stand when the word breeder is applied to her. The activities of this woman for a long time remained classified. She was engaged in breeding new varieties of violets exclusively for herself, this occupation was a simple hobby for her.
She presented to the public about 10 varieties of her violets. These plants seem truly perfect. They are endowed with incredible colors and shades, they are inherent in the elegant form of buds and flowers. And their abundant and long flowering can captivate a real connoisseur.
The most popular varieties and their photos
Dadoyan has been breeding for about 5 years and during this time there are no more than 20 varieties of her selection. But in the world at the hearing most frequent representatives are the following:
"Water"
The flowers are bright deep blue, terry, with dashes or clarified fragments on the edges of the petals of a pinkish shade. On the edge of the petals there is a green frilly border. The leaves are dark, quilted with a slightly wavy edge. Sometimes the leaves have red spots on the white back side. Violet grows quickly, blooming occurs very slowly, but at the same time.
"Grinja"
The flowers are large, fluffy, semi-double and terry, white in color with thick corrugated green ruching on the edge of the petals. Leaves correct, lanceolate, slightly pubescent. Blooms gorgeous bouquet, abundant bloom.
"Droplet"
This is a plant with large, semi-double, white flowers with wavy edges of petals. Each flower has a pronounced purple peephole in the center of the bud. The leaves are elongated, light green.
Socket neat radical. The plant quickly blooms, blooms profusely and continuously.
"Maria"
Curly sport from Fairy variety. It has large, strongly terry pink flowers with a raspberry coating and a green ruffle on the pompon flower.
"Snow White"
The flowers are large, in the form of fluffy terry balls of pure white color with wavy edges of the petals. Violet leaves are glossy, wavy, bright green. The plant stands out for abundant bouquet blooms.
"Wild Cherry"
The flowers of the plant are large semi-double bright cherry color with a clear wide white border. Externally, the flower can be compared to a multi-pointed volume star. The leaves are dark green, spoon-shaped, lanceolate. Wild cherry is a sport from the Frost Cherry variety.
"Running on the waves"
The flowers are huge, terry, variable white with dark blue patches interspersed. The leaves are correct, dark green. Socket neat radical. The plant quickly blooms, blooms profusely and continuously.
"Georgia"
The flowers are large, double, bright pink with a crimson border-spraying, the edges of the border are decorated with a thick, corrugated ruche green. Strong flower stalks, rosette rosette curly.
Leaves correct slightly pubescent. Georgia contains a lot of buds on the bush, the flowering period is brief.
"Poet Yuri Gal"
It is a delicate pink, “porcelain” violet, it got its name in honor of the poet Galya, whose prisoner Tatiana’s father once rescued in Stalin’s camps. Then Dadoyan had one goal - to save, to survive, and joy would arrive.
The plant is capricious, with not proper care, it dies quickly, but its goal is also to survive and give joy.
Description of the best varieties
Most often the names of three violets of Tatiana selection come up. What do these unique flowers look like?
"Fairy"
Plant Breeding 2010. Appearance:
- the flowers are large, double, white with a pink glow in the center, they have a gorgeous pink wavy edging, which is distinguished by fuchsian dots;
- peduncles plants dense, strong;
- the socket is flat and compact;
- leaves are straight, regular shape, quilted, wavy on the edge, dark green, glossy;
- the stem is short, comes out of the basal leaf rosette;
- each flower has its peduncle;
- pedicels slightly pubescent.
Features:
- when the flower is just opening, it is of pure white color, pink border appears with time;
- violet loves a lot of light;
- sometimes the plant grows sport - it is a modified flower, the border does not show through, pink stains appear slightly on the terry bud;
- The plant grows slowly.
We offer you to read the full description of Violet Fairy in another material.
"Raspberries"
Plant breeding in 2011. Appearance:
- the flowers are large, double, like a pompon, bright crimson, the edges of the petals are wavy;
- the leaves are regular in the shape of a spoon, dark green, lanceolate, glossy, slightly pubescent;
- the stems are short, pubescent, out of the basal rosette;
- the socket is compact, well displayed;
- one stalk may have several pedicels (inflorescence umbrella);
- peduncles standing;
- heavy buds.
Features:
- during the flowering period, flowers bloom slowly, but in harmony;
- the plant requires a sufficient amount of light, but does not tolerate the active influence of the sun;
- buds can tilt the peduncle, this can lead to wrinkles and death of the flower;
- regrading is rare, to avoid it, you need to remove a leaf from a flowering, varietal plant.
"Marquis"
Plant breeding in 2011. Appearance:
- the flowers are large, double, bright pink with a crimson edging and a thin white edge and a wave along the edge;
- leaves are dark, glossy with a light edge;
- the shape of the leaves is regular, spoon-shaped, the edges of the leaf are smooth;
- pedicels-stalks emerge from the rosette;
- peduncles plants dense, strong;
- the socket is flat and compact;
- pedicels pubescent.
Features:
- The marquise is demanding of illumination, does not tolerate the aggression of the sun, but does not like constant shadow, on cloudy days, additional lighting up with a photo tube is required, and in strong heat, shading of the plant is necessary;
- young seedlings quickly and actively grow foliage;
- the variety develops quickly and blooms early.
Distinctive features
Tatyana Dadoyan is working on the discovery of new types of Uzambarsky violets. Dadoyan breeder flowers have a number of distinctive features:
- in almost all varieties, the shape of the leaves is regular, spoon-shaped, the leaf edges are smooth (less often dentate or wavy);
- leaves lanceolate, glossy with slight pubescence;
- Violets Dadoyan love a lot of light;
- all flowers in all varieties in the form of terry pompons;
- leaves of all varieties of izambar violets come from one point, they are all collected in the rosette;
- flowering in violets is abundant and long-lasting, the majority of varieties are characterized by slow opening of buds;
- violets bloom in a bouquet, each flower has its own miniature pubescent peduncle.
Conclusion
The species and varieties of violets provided for consideration by this breeder are true works of floral art. Terry violets T. Dadoyan will bring bright colors to any house and dilute your gray everyday life with their beauty, and their unique long-lasting bloom will please the eyes of the household for a long time.