Thierry, That's great! [both the violet and the website] And I'm enjoying your website even though I don't understand French. I'm just going back and forth, using Babelfish website to translate blocks of your text (from French to English) -- not perfect translation, but good enough to get an idea what your saying. So about your hybrid... I'm guessing the pod is from cleistogamous flower??? I'm curious since I've never grown any hybrids of this type, but surely want to... are there many obvious traits already that show from the father (sororia). Or will you have to wait until true flower (chasmogamous) to confirm the parentage. From the picture, it looks like the pod is not as globose as odorata, but more elongated like sororia?? So maybe that's a good indication of its hybridity?? Very nice work. I can hardly wait to see pictures of it next Spring. Thanks for sharing the news. Oh and be sure to remember to enter your new hybrid in the next international contest. I'm sure Nathalie will give us details when it is approaching. All of the new violets that are entered in the contest, automatically get registered (for no additional cost) into the international registry. The registrar (that's me) is otherwise supposed to charge $10 (U.S.) for each violet registered -- although honestly we've never yet collected those fees ;0) but might in the future. Good luck with your violets, Tom

Pretty grey fox, Claire. Also I keep going back to look at those charming photos of the fox mom and kits, Jane. I miss the family of red foxes that used to have a den in the woods just above our property line. The puppies (I know they are kits, but I call them puppies) used to chase each other in circles and wrestle one another in the corner of the meadow. We loved to watch them. This little fellow came out of the garden I where I was working, and then scooted across the lawn back to his hiding place when it saw me. These aren't exactly wildlife, but they are creatures in the (water) garden. They are doing the happy fin and tail dance, glad to be out of their tub in the cellar for the summer. I wonder if frogs will join them this year. The brook is fairly low, so they may come looking for better water.

FLOWERS Acanthus mollis (Bear’s Breech) Agastache: Apache Sunset … Apricot Sprite … Arizona Sandstone … Arizona Sun … Arizona Sunset … Astello Indigo … Bolero … Corondao … Globetrotter … Golden Jubilee … Honey Bee Blue … Korean Zest … Lavender Martini …Lavender Haze … Lilac Sprite …Peach Margarita … Pink Pop … Navajo Sunset … Sangria … Sunset Yellow … Tango Ageratum (flossflower): Blue Bouquet … Cloud Nine series … Dondo Blue … Pink Puffs … Red Flint …Red Sea …Tall Blue Planet … White Bouquet Alcea (hollyhock): Appleblossom … Banana … Blackberry … Fiesta Time …Halo (any or mix) … O’Hara … Peaches ‘n’ Dreams … Spring Celebrities … The Bride Amaranthus: Carnival … Molten Fire Ammi majus: Queen of Africa Angelonia: Serena … Serenita Anthemis: Criss Cross Anagallis (blue pimpernel): Blue Lights or any Anoda: Candy Cups Antirrhinum (snapdragon): Black Prince … Chantilly … Crimson Velvet … Magic Lanterns … Midnight … Night and Day … Opus series … Oriental Lanterns … Overture series … Snaptastic series Aquilegia (columbine: Texas Gold Asclepias (milkweed, butterfly weed): Apollo Yellow … Green (hirtella) … Hello Yellow … Purple (purpurascens) Begonia: Bossa Nova serios … Illumination series … San Francisco … Santa Barbara … Santa Cruz Sunset Bidens: Bit of Sunshine … Gold Coins … Gold Nuggets Brachycome: Brachy Blue … Bravo … Splendor Calendula: Apricot Pygmy … Art Shades … Dawn Apricot … Lemon Cream … Orange Flash … Sunset Buff … Triangle Flashback Calindrina umbellate (rock purslane): Ruby Tuesday Callibrochoa : Kabloom series … Paradise Island series Callistephus (China aster): Andrella series … Blue Frost … Bouquet series … Daylight series …Duchesse series … Giant Perfection … Harmony … King Size … Lady Coral Lavender … Paeony (any) … Pompon (any) …Purple Burst … Rococo … Salmon Janina … Standy … Tower (any) …Valkyrie Brunhilde Chamois Canna: South Pacific series … Tropical series Ceratotheca triloba alba South African foxglove) Cerinthe: Gibraltar Pride … Kiwi … Purple Belle Cobaea (cup and saucer ): Royal Plum Celosia: Castle series … Celway series … Century series … Dragon’s Breath … First Flame series … Glorious … Pampas Plume .., Sunday Coreopsis: Golden Globe … Quills and Thrills … Red River Valley Coleus: Giant Exhibition series … Kong series Cosmos: Black Magic … Tango Deschampsia (tufted hair grass): any Dianthus: Black Adder … Black and White Minstrels … Hollandia Purple Crown … Hollandia Salmon Pink with Eye … Kaleidoscope … Kensington Diascia (twinspur): Diamonte series … Queen Asca series Dimorphotheca (African daisy): Spring Flash series … Sunshine series … Tetra Polar Star Echinacea (coneflower): Baby Swan White … Brilliant Star … Cheyenne Spirit … Mellow Yellows …. Paradiso Mix … Ruby Ruby Echium amoenum Eustoma (lisianthus): any, including these series: Arena … Echo … Florida … Mariachi … Sapphire … Twinkle … Vulcan Fuchsia: any Gaillardia (blanket flower): Arizona Apricot … Plume Red … Plume Yellow … Sundance … Torchlight Helianthus (sunflower): Black Magic … Earthwalker … Fantasia … Florenza … Little Leo … Magic Roundabout … Moonshine … Moonwalker … Moulin Rouge … Pacino … Pan … Peach Passion … Ruby Eclipse … Santa Fe … Soraya Impatiens walleriana: Accent Lavender Blue Knautia (Maltese cross): Red Knight Kniphofia (red hot pokers) Traffic Lights Leymus arenarius (blue dune grass, lyme grass: any Lobularia (alyssum): Sweet Alice series … Wonderland series Malva: Snow White … Bibor Felho … Braveheart … Mystic Merlin Monarda (bee balm): Lambada … Panorama … Red Colors Nepeta (catmint): Pink Candy Phlox: Cherry Caramel … Sugar Stars … Twinkles Papaver (poppy): Amazing Grey … Frosted Salmon … Supreme Rudbeckia: Caramel mixed … Sahara Salvia chamaedryoides (blue oak sage) any Salvia darcyi (Darcy's sage) any Salvia engelmannii (Engelmann's sage) any Salvia farinacea (mealycup sage): Augusta Duelberg … Evolution … Evolution White … Henry Duelberg … Rhea … Strata Salvia guaranitica (anise sage): Argentine Skies … Brazil … Kobolt … Van Remsen Salvia holwayi any Salvia koyamae (Japanese yellow sage) any Salvia napifolia: Baby Blue Salvia nemerosa (woodland sage): Amethyst … New Dimension Blue … New Dimension Rose Salvia patens (gentian sage): Blue Angel … Cambridge Blue … Patio Deep Blue … Patio Sky Blue Salvia penstemonoides (big red sage) any Salvia roemeriana: Hot Trumpets … Red Dwarf Salvia semiatrata (pine mountain sage) any Salvia spathacea (crimson sage or hummingbird sage) any Salvia splendens: Early Bonfire … Lighthouse Red … Lighthouse Purple Salvia superba (sage): Adora Blue … Blue Queen Dwarf … Merleau series … Rose Queen Salvia taraxicifolia (dandelion leaf sage): any Salvia transylvanica (Transylvania sage): Blue Cloud … Blue Spires Salvia verticillata (lilac sage): Purple Rain …White Rain Scabiosa: Beauolais Bonnets … Blue Beau … Burgundy Beau Sultera (bacopa): any Tagetes (marigold): Colossus … Ivory … Kilimanjaro Wedelia (Zexmenia: any Zinnia: El Dorado … Precioso … Profusion … Queen Zinnia haageana: Jazzy HERBS basil: Cardinal … Edwina … Eleonora … Emily … Envigor … Jolina … Marseilles … Martina … Newton … Nufar … Plenty … Red Velvet … San Valentino … Super Sweet Chen lavender: Vicenza Blue … lemongrass EDIBLES amaranth: Chinese Multicolor Spinach artichoke: Colorado Red Star… Green Globe asparagus: Conovers Colossal … Precoce DArgenteuil bush, bean: Amethyst … Borlotto Di Vigevano Nano … Calendonia … Capitano … Concador … Delinel … Masai … Mistic … Nautica … Opera … Sonesta … Velour bean, pole: Carminat … Cobra … Helda … Indian Hannah … Mamba … Monte Cristo … Musica … Pantheon … Purple Teepee beet: Avalanche … Boldor … Bull’s Blood … Cylindra … Flat of Egypt … Golden … Golden Detroit … Ruby Queen … Touchstone Golden bok choy/pac choi: Baby Milk … Hedou … Shanghai … Suzhou … Toy Choy broccoli, Chinese: Yod Fah… any cabbage: Cour di Bue … Kalibos cabbage, Chinese: Chirimen Hakusai … Fun Jen … Hilton … Scarlett … Suzuko … Tokyo Bekana cardoon: Gobbo de Nizzia carrot: Adelaide … Autumn King … Cosmic Purple … Early Scarlet Horn … Eskimo … Flyaway … Merida … Mokum … Muscade … Musico … Napoli … Negovia … New Kuroda … Nandor … Oxheart … Purple Dragon … Purple Sun … Pusa Asita … Speedo … St. Valery … Uzbek Golden … Yaya celery: Chinese Pink … Chinese White corn: Astronomy Domine cowpea: Clay … Mitchell Family Cream Pea … White Whippoorwill cucumber: Beit Alpha … Dar eggplant: Astrakom…Chi Yei…Mitoyo … Nagasaki…Real Black…Snake of Mugla … Thai Long Green Italian edible gourd: Cucuzzi aka Serpent of Sicily kale: Beira Tronchuda … Casper … Dazzling Blue … Jagallo Nero … Midnight Sun … Redbor … Red Ursa … Scarlet … Thousandhead … Tronchuda … Winterbor kale, perennial: Homesteaders Kaleidoscopic lettuce: Bronze Mignonette … Cracoviensis … Forellenschluss … Intred … Kagraner Sommer … Lunix … Merlot … Milagro … Newham … Optima … Outredgeous … Rex … Skyphos … Solar Flare … Tango … Tantan … Tennis Ball … Truchas … Webbs Wonderful … Winter Brown … Winter Density … Wintergreen Cut Salad … Winterwunder … Xalbadora … Yedikule melon: Alacati … Alvaro … Athena … Boule d’Or aka Golden Perfection … Collective Farm Woman … Golden Honeymoon … Golden Jenny … Golden Sweet … Halona … Kajari … Kiku Chrysanthemum … Lilly … Moonstruck … Orange Silverwave … Sugar Cube … Tasty Bites … Tommy Apple mizuna: Beni Houshi … Early … Japanese Pink onion and shallot: Apache … Bianca di Giugno … Bianca di Maggio … Candy … Desert Sunrise … Figaro … Flat of Italy … Globo … He Shi Ko … Parade … Texas Early Grano … Unzen Flat … Violet de Galmi … White Creole … Zebrune pea, shelling: Kenobi … Meteor … Misty … Oasis … Prelado … Rondo pea, snow: Shiraz … Sugar Snow Green … Sweet Horizon pea, sugarsnap: Cascadia … Lusaka … Opal Creek … Sugar Sprint … Tendersweet pepper: Aconcagua … Ancho Magnifico … Beaver Dam … Blot … Caballero … Felicity … Gatherer's Gold Sweet Italian … Lemon Spice Jalapeno … Lesya … Mulato Isleno … Nadapeño … Oranos … Rewia ... Rubens … Sheepnose Pimento … Staddon’s Select … White Lakes snake bean: Chinese Python spinach: Avon … Chinese Multicolor … Merlo Nero … Oceanside … Regiment … Space tatsoi tomato: Juliet … Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom … Luci … Nova … Pantesco Romanesco … Pozzano … San Marzano Gigante 3 … Mountain Magic … Sweet Treats … Silvery Fir Tree … Vilms watermelon: Ali Baba … Cream Yamato … Janosik … Kaho … Otome … Royal Golden … Wilson’s Sweet winter squash/pumpkin: Arka Surymukhi … Buen Gusto de Horno … Butterbaby … Gete Okosomin … Pale Grey … Kogigu … Little Dipper … Palav Kadu … Reba … Shishigatani aka Toonas Makino … Sucrine du Berry yellow squash: Cube of Butter … Rugosa Friulana … Saffron … Slick Pik YS 26 … Superpik zucchini: Caserta … Cassia … Cocozella di Napoli … Costata Romanesco … Dirani … Emerald Delight … Nimba … Raven

The garden looks great! I always do a “planting map” when I put things in the ground or else I have no idea what is coming up. I have a ton of day lilies and couldn’t identify them without my map.