If violets could talk, they would certainly tell us about their most devoted fans. People who grow saintpaulia with special tenderness and care, nursing and nurturing their green pets from the first to the last leaf.
And the name of one of them was certainly among the first - the breeder Helena Lebetskaya, creating a miracle for a miracle every year with her own hands. Today we will talk about the best varieties of this grower. You can also watch a useful video on this topic.
Briefly about the breeder Elena Lebetskaya
All its "offspring" are very popular not only in Ukraine and in Russia, but also in the near abroad. The only Leons Yarly Spring variety in the world with huge snow-white stars was bred by her and received a prize at the first All-Ukrainian competition and the approval of the audience. Her violets twice received the title of "the best violets of Ukraine" - "Hot summer" and "Impresario". Varieties Lebetskaya marked prefixed LE.
Most popular collector varieties
The most popular violets include LE-Antaris, LE-Astrea, LE-Count Cagliostro, LE-Cosmic extravaganza, LE-Margarita. Violets with a fantasy flower are especially loved.
Description of varieties and photos
"Whipped cream"
This type of violet is distinguished by a neat rosette of light shade with wavy leaves.. The flowers are huge, similar to lace, with a corrugated border around the edges (pink or crimson). The first bloom is abundant, flowers are terry and white-flowered, with pale green edges and a pink glow on the petals. The foliage is saturated emerald shades, rounded. The stem and base of the cuttings has a red pigment.
"Carousel"
Very elegant variety. Flowers are large, saturated lilac color, with a wide white border. The socket is compact, with a diameter of 26 centimeters. Saturated shade the first one or two weeks after the start of flowering, after a little dull.
"South night"
The unusual color of this violet is a special love for florist. The leaves are large, in the shape of a spoon, the edges are bent inward. In young individuals, long, subsequent ones grow twice shorter. Peduncles grow up high. The socket is flat, flat, neatly cut out.
The color varies from red (with large spots of fantasy) to dark purple (with small ones). Along the edges of the petals there is a barely noticeable white edging, which in young plants disappears during excessive heat in the room. As the violet grows, multi-colored spots become more expressive and larger.
Important: It blooms quickly and grows a lot of buds. This variety has good repeatability, unpretentious, easily rooted leaves and gives a lot of kids.
"Elven Garden"
This variety has not only a beautiful name, but also an amazing appearance. In the dark green leaves are hiding big semi-double stars of soft blue hue.. A thin white border is applied to the slightly corrugated edges of the petals. It blooms magnificently and for a long time, the heat does not affect the result. The socket is compact, independently formed in the exhibition.
"Summer is red"
It is distinguished by a bright color of colors: rich maroon, which with age gets a crimson hue. The edges are frilly, lace buds, the terryiness increases with age. Color does not fade in the hot summer season. Flower size - 5-7 cm. The white rim is clearly visible. Peduncles are weak, but carry many buds and require good lighting to strengthen (lack of light leads to stretching).
Leaves, like flowers, large, elongated. Petioles elongated, the socket is flat and large. Flowering, starting from the first, abundant and frequent. In its youth, this variety is prone to diseases, after the formation of a good outlet becomes healthier.
It reproduces by children, gives them a lot and willingly. For cultivation it is best to choose a window sill, as it grows very poorly in the depth of the room and can quickly wither.
We recommend to watch the video about violet varieties “LE-Leto red”:
"Paris secrets"
The original, but whimsical variety. Often, the buds refuse to fully bloom and until the third flowering show the owner only "roaches". The leaves are dark, scalloped, with white dashes. Flowers lilac and maroon, with a golden or light green border on the edge and a dark eye in the center.
"Mistress of Copper Mountain"
The variety blooms long and abundantly - up to 4 months. Old and new buds form a gorgeous bouquet. The foliage is elongated, very large, with wavy edges. Flowers are small (up to 5 cm), semi-double, with a wide green border. Peduncles dense, smooth.
In adult colors, the color is richer, with the addition of copper shades, and the size is larger. When kept indoors with low humidity and temperature, the color of the petal becomes darker, especially at the edges. Overall growing slowly.
We recommend to watch a video about a sort of violet "LE-Mistress of the Copper Mountain":
"Lilac tenderness"
Variety with a very gentle-lilac color of flowers. A rosette of large size with a small amount of leaves looks neat.. The leaves are bright, wide, elongated. With age, flowers grow and brighten, painted in white and lilac color. One bloom may differ from another. The size of the buds is up to 6 cm. It blooms magnificently and grows many stepchildren.
Pink Dreams
Very spectacular variety, with dark green smooth, soft leaves and large pink flowers. Border - wavy, speckled, fuchsia, milky white eye. The petals are covered with silver coating, fleecy, light petioles.
"Giselle"
The shape of the flowers, indeed, resembles a pack of a ballerina. Petals white, terry, with wavy edges. When dissolving, you can see a small speck of blue or pink in the center, but it quickly disappears. Flower size - 6-8 cm. Sturgeon, strong, holds 4-5 buds each. Flowering long and early. This elegant variety is growing rapidly and requires a minimum of care.
"Night Rendezvous"
The beauty of the variety is revealed gradually, from flowering to flowering. Peduncle strong and tall. The flowers are cobalt-blue, petals are velvety, wavy, with white edges. The leaves are elongated, oval, green in young plants, becoming more colorful with age.
"Odalisque"
Flowers-stars of large size (6-8 cm), luxuriously laced, shades - from pale pink to coral, with a darker fluffy eye. With age they become richer. Odaliska's petals barely noticeable light pattern. Rosette motley, smooth, can grow up to 27 centimeters. Leaves are round, curved upwards. The edges are painted in pale yellow color, the same color and random labels on the leaves.
"Le Julia"
This violet with a girly name of amazing beauty has terry flowers, white with bright cornflower-blue border and honey-yellow peephole. Socket standard, neat. When flowering in the winter months gives a more magnificent "cap" than in summer.
"Flamenco"
As a result of long and painstaking work, this stunningly bright violet was bred: raspberry-fuchsian, with a golden-green fringe on the petals and leaves. It is the easiest and most prolific cultivar.. Leaves are wavy, colorful, straight rosettes grow large (up to 35 cm).
"Hanami"
Peduncles of this variety are dense, strong, stretch upwards. Assembled in the center of the outlet. Carry from 2 to 7 buds. Leaves weakly quilted, olive-colored, toothed. At the first flowering, flowers are most often simple, non-double, up to 7 centimeters in diameter. The followings are much more expressive: pale pink color, with a fantasy of a fuchsia shade, dense and saturated speckled border.
Flowers last just a week, but there are a lot of them. Adult plants look more solid than young ones, their flowers are larger and more magnificent, the edges of the petals are corrugated. This growth of violet is not capricious - it grows well both on a cool windowsill and on hot days..
Irish Winter
This variety requires special patience in cultivation - expect the first flowering not earlier than in 1.5 years, and that is not the most abundant. The rest is a very pretty flower. Its foliage is jagged, dark green, with white variegation at the edges.
Large flower rosette can be shaped to your liking. Color - in the form of coaches, white, with a densely green border - thick in the center and blurry at the edges. Petals are corrugated, buds of medium size, bloom slowly.
"Cote d'Azur"
Differs neat rosette and semi-hollow form of flowers. Petals are corrugated, covered with silver coating, along the edge there is a dark-violet border with splashes of yellow and green color.
Coral Dream
Flowers - large semi-double stars. Colors - coral, scarlet, up to a non-natural shade of neon. Before fading, as if fading, it becomes whitish. Young flowers with a dense texture of petals hold the color for a long time.. Blossom from the very beginning abundant, dense cap all summer. Peduncles thick, strong.
The foliage is pointed, densely green in color, tucked inside. Leaves growing on long cuttings, as if covering the pot. Rosette sprawling, loose, about 40 cm.
After the third flowering in the middle of the leaves begin to grow, closing the tear, and the plant takes a neater appearance. Growing under natural light gives the violet a brighter color.
Distinctive features
Lebetskaya varieties are distinguished by abundant flowering in the early stages.. Violets breeder with elegant compact rosettes surrounded by emerald green or variegated foliage.
IMPORTANT: When choosing a flower for breeding, you need to carefully study the rules of care for the vending look. It would not be amiss to visit a couple of forums dedicated to lovers of Saintpaulias, to ask amateur flower growers, to read special literature.
Conclusion
What does every florist grower dream of? About that the collection grew and extended, that plants were healthy and longer pleased an eye. Elena Anatolyevna shares her dream: "To get a violet of your dreams, ideal in all respects!" So let the mystery come true!
