Viola 'Etain'
November 17, 2008
Update September 2009: They did not live through the Texas summer. Seems like they'd need to be watered daily to survive. On a trip to Scotland this summer, I was walking by a small cornershop florist in a small village, and in front a lone pot of violas was blooming, labeled "Etain". I leaned in to smell and was surprised; it was nothing like pansies or annual violas, which often have no fragrance. I had to have one. I almost considered buying it and trying to hide it somewhere in my suitcase home. So you can imagine my excitement when,...…