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Ness' Blue Wave
A lovely soft blue with interesting veining on the petals
Ness' Fireglow
Another good rich red.
Ness' Foggy Blues
This has plenty of flowers and never fails me.
Ness' White Bear
A show quality plant with sparkling clear white flowers.
Ness' Peppermint Stick
A quite startling chimera in magenta and white.
On The Fringe
Also from Margaret Taylor. It is amazing how many white flowers with a light green edge it can cram on.
Optimara Little Rose Quartz
Has tiny rose-like pink flowers.
Party Print
A splendid fantasy
Phantom Flash
A reliable lavender/mauve
Phobos
A puff fantasy in burgundy and pink
Playful Spectrum
Playful indeed! The colour and patterning varies somewhat from plant to plant. Always lovely
Rainbow's Crystal Riot
A lavender/mauve chimera.
Rapid Transit
Lightly ruffled blue with white edge
RD's Gleam
A vigorous plant with large pink and raspberry flowers, hybridised by R & D Townsend
RD's Kerryn
Another plant from R and D Townsend in deep blue with a white edge
Red Delicious
Hybridised by Margaret Taylor this is one of the best of the rich red African violets
Retrospect
Pink flowers with blue fantasy on a well behaved plant
Rose Bay
For those of us who like pink . . .
Silent Prayer
Large lavender star shaped flowers
Silver Milestone
Pretty peach pink flowers.
Silver 'n' Gold
A semi-double white star with variable amounts of yellow
Species Group
Three species of African violets: Saintpaulia rupicola (two plants), S. grandifolia (behind centre) and S. shumensis (centre front)
Star City
A really bright pink
The Alps
A most reliable chimera in white and lavender blue.
Tranquillity
Grew it for many years and now that I don't have it I think I must get it back.
Victorian Flirt
Although there are a number of chimeras with similar colour and patterning, this is a favourite
Windmill
A favourite thumbprint type flower.
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