Swizzels Giant Parma Violets 24 Rolls (24 x 40 g)

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My title image on this blog is of Viola odorata Konigin Charlotte [Queen Charlotte]. It’s planted in the shade of the walled garden at The Newt in Somerset.

Sweet violets have few pests and diseases. However red spider mite and American leaf spot can be problematic. Britton, Karen (1 August 2016). "Love it or hate it? Retro sweets Parma Violets inspire new cheese". Macclesfield Express . Retrieved 12 October 2016. Promoter: Swizzels Mallow Ltd., Carlton House, Albion road, New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK22 3HA Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days. Sugar, Stearic Acid, Modified Starch, Glucose Syrup, Anti-caking Agent: Magnesium Carbonate; Flavourings, Colours: Anthocyanin.

Plants have been collected from Devon [the Devon type], Corfe Mullien in Dorset and much further a field such as countries of the Commonwealth. All are grown in 1 litre pots filled with Melcourt Sylvamix peat free compost. This is very similar to my favourite peat free compost which is called SylvaGrow Multipurpose Compost.

Sweet violets used to be a very popular cut flower. In Victorian times ladies would pin sweet violets to their clothes and hair. The promoter is: Swizzels Matlow Limited (company no 00562269) whose registered office is at Carlton House, Albion Road, New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK22 3HA. Parma violets originated in the Levant, that is in Syria, Turkey and Lebanon. They were growing in what is now Italy by the 18th century. A favourite flower of Napoleon Bonaparte at least one variety was grown by the Empress Josephine’s gardeners at Malmaison where it was known as ‘La Violette de Parme’. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. All entrants’ statutory rights are not affected.

In fact they grow over 100 different varieties of violets. This includes both sweet violets and Parma violets. Their collection also includes a few other Viola species. In British Pop Artist Stuart Semple's 'potion' paint line, Purple Haze is claimed to be Parma Violet Candy Scented. [19] A small number of the total plants sold were attractively displayed close to the garden centre entrance.

Most violets prefer to have some shade and are naturally an edge of woodland plant. Consequently it is good to try to replicate those conditions in your garden. This article is about the sweets. For the plant, see Parma violet. For the band, see Palma Violets. Viola odorata [Sweet Violet] in a hedgerowI was always intrigued by the story of the Clevedon violet growing industry. Until recently I lived in North Somerset just 6 miles from Clevedon.In Ian Fleming's James Bond series, hard candies very similar in description to Parma Violets are the favourite sweet of the supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld due to their breath freshening properties. [15] For some forty years and three generations Groves Nurseries and Garden Centre have been growing violets! d) Any third-party failure that results in the interruption or cancellation of the Competition and/or any Prize that may be associated with the Competition. Font Quer, Pio (1995). Plantas Medicinales; el Dioscórides Renovado (in Spanish) (15thed.). Barcelona: Editorial Labor S.A. pp.288–289. ISBN 84-335-6151-0. Neither the Promoter, its employees or agents shall have any responsibility or liability for any of the following: