Tatiana Dadoyan's selection violets: “Fairy”, “Marquise” and other varieties

It is impossible to imagine a single collection of a real grower without violets. In the modern floristry industry, there are innumerable violets; the number of varieties is constantly growing due to the tireless work of breeders.

Today we will talk about the most magnificent works of collector and lover of violets Tatyana Lvovna Dadoyan.

You will see how they look in the photo, you will find out their distinctive features and features, as well as which varieties are the best and most popular.

About the breeder

Tatyana Lvovna Dadoyan is a Russian breeder. Tatiana herself hates it when the word breeder is applied to her. The activities of this woman for a long time remained classified.

She was engaged in the cultivation of new varieties of violets exclusively for herself, this occupation was a hobby for her. In humans, Dadoyan released her plants in 2012, when she heard that all combinations in the selection of Uzambara violets had already been sorted out and there could be no new discoveries.

The most popular varieties

Dadoyan was engaged in violets for about 5 years and during this time there are no more than 20 varieties of her selection. Most commonly heard varieties:

1. Georgia - the flowers of the violet are large, double, bright pink with a raspberry border, sprayed, the edges of the border are decorated with a thick, corrugated rug of green color. Strong peduncles, basal curly rosette. Leaves regular slightly pubescent. Georgia contains a lot of buds on the bush, the flowering period is short.
2. Maria - This is a beautiful curly sport from the Fairy variety. It has large, strongly terry pink flowers with raspberry powder and a green ruffle on the edge of the pompom flower.
3. Water - flowers are bright deep blue, double, with dashes or brightened fragments along the edges of the petals of a pinkish tint. Along the edge of the petals is a green ruffled border. The leaves are dark, quilted with a slightly wavy edge. Sometimes leaves have red spots on the white back. The violet grows quickly, the opening of the buds is very slow, but at the same time.
4. Snow White - the flowers of the plant 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 is distinguished by abundant bouquet flowering.
5. Green - flowers are large, fluffy, semi-double and double, white in color with a thick corrugated green ruffle along the edge of the petals. The leaves are regular, lanceolate, slightly pubescent. It blooms with a magnificent bouquet, flowering is plentiful.
6. Droplet - This is a plant with large, semi-double, white with wavy edges of the petals flowers. Each flower has a pronounced purple eye in the center of the bud. The leaves are elongated, light green. Rosette neat basal. The plant blooms quickly, blooms profusely and continuously.
7. wild Cherry - the flowers of the plant are large semi-terry bright cherry in color with a clear wide white border. Externally, the flower can be compared to a multi-pointed volumetric star. The leaves are dark green, spoon-shaped, lanceolate. Wild Cherry is a sport from the Frosty Cherry variety.
8. Running on the waves - flowers are huge, double, variable white with dark blue fragments interspersed. The leaves are regular, dark green. Rosette neat basal. The plant blooms quickly, blooms profusely and continuously.
9. Poet Yuri Gal - This is a soft pink, "porcelain" violet, it got its name in honor of the poet Galya, whose prisoner was once saved by Tatyana's father in Stalin's camps. Then Dadoyan had one goal - to save, survive and joy will come. This plant is capricious, with insufficient care, it quickly dies, but its purpose is also to survive and give joy.

Description of the best views and photos

Most often, among the gardeners, the names of three violets of Tatyana's selection pop up. What are these magnificent flowers?

"Fairy Dadoyan"

2010 plant breeding. Appearance:

• the flowers are large, double, white with a pink glow in the center, they have a chic pink wavy border, which is distinguished by fuchsia dots;
• flower stalks of the plant are dense, strong;
• the socket is flat and compact;
• leaves are straight, regular in shape, quilted, wavy along the edge, dark green, glossy;
• the stalk is short, comes out of the basal leaf outlet;
• each flower has its own peduncle;
• pedicels slightly pubescent.

Features:

1. When the flower only opens, it is pure white, the pink border appears over time.
2. Violet loves a lot of light.
3. Sometimes the sport plant grows - this is a modified flower, the border does not appear, pink stains on the terry bud slightly appear.
4. The plant is not early, grows slowly.

"Raspberries"

2011 plant breeding. Appearance:

• flowers are large, terry, like a pompom, bright crimson, wavy edges of the petals;
• the leaves are regular in the shape of a spoon, dark green in color, lanceolate, glossy, slightly pubescent;
• stems short, pubescent, come out of the basal rosette;
• the socket is compact, but it folds out well;
• on one stem there may be several pedicels (inflorescence of an umbrella);
• flower stalks are standing, buds are heavy.

Features:

1. During flowering, the flowers bloom slowly, but together.
2. The plant requires a sufficient amount of light, but does not tolerate the active influence of the sun.
3. Buds can tilt the peduncle, this can lead to creases and death of the flower.
Advice! Re-grading is rare, in order to avoid it, you need to plant a leaf from a flowering, varietal plant.

Marquise

2011 plant breeding. Appearance:

• flowers are large, double, bright pink with raspberry fringing and with a thin white edge and a wave along the edge;
• leaves are dark, glossy with a slight edge;
• the shape of the leaves is regular, spoon-shaped, the edges of the leaf are smooth;
• pedicels-stems come out of the basal rosette;
• flower stalks of the plant are dense, strong;
• the socket is flat and compact;
• pubescent pedicels.

Features:

1. The marquise is demanding on lighting, does not tolerate the aggression of the sun, but also does not like a constant shadow, on cloudy days, additional illumination with a photographic lamp is required, and in intense heat it is necessary to shade the plant.
2. Young seedlings quickly and actively grow foliage.
3. The variety develops rapidly and blooms early.

Next, you can watch a video review of this variety:

Color highlights

Her flowers have several distinguishing features.:

• all flowers in all varieties in the form of terry pompons;
• the leaves of all varieties of Uzambara violets come from one point, they are all collected in a basal rosette;
• in almost all varieties, the shape of the leaves is regular, spoon-shaped, the edges of the leaf are smooth (less often dentate or wavy);
• leaves are lanceolate, glossy with slight pubescence;
• violets of Dadoyan love a lot of light;
• flowering of violets is plentiful and long, the bulk of the varieties is characterized by a slow opening of buds;
• violets bloom in a bouquet, each flower has its own separate miniature pubescent peduncle.

The species and varieties of violets of this breeder considered are true works of floristic art. Terry violets T. Dadoyan will bring bright colors to any home and dilute your gray everyday life with their beauty.