Parma violet

Twenty years ago, there were no parma violets to be found in this country.

Parma violets belong to the more exotic branch of the violet family.

Parma violets are not reliably hardy north of Virginia.

Fat Charlie hadn't thought of parma violets in twenty years.

The tile band is medium Parma violet with a slightly darker border, set two tiles high.

Parma violets are widely believed to be sterile, and there is much store laid by their reproduction through cuttings.

Parma Violets were introduced in 1946.

It is also used in Parma Violets confectionery.

Giant palms were overhead, and bordering the walk were beds of fragrant Parma violets.

Parma violets are not as quaint as the pert little singles, but they were better suited for bouquet work.

Parma violets are double, intensely fragrant and quite large (as violets go), which has made them romantic favorites for more than a century.

The origins of the parma violet are unknown, though they have been shown to be derived from two different Viola alba strains.

The d'Udine Parma violet features large, bluish-lavender flowers and a strong perfume.

'Oil of Parma Violets' fits the other one pat."

"Parma violets," she said.

To provide blossoms for the booming violet business, small towns up and down the Hudson River built glasshouses to shelter parma violets.

She now cultivates Parma violets, an intoxicatingly sweet-smelling flower worn in nosegays by women during Victorian times.

First appearing in Italy, in the 16th century, most types of parma violets have lavender flowers of varying sizes.

Swizzels Matlow have also released a line of Giant Parma Violets.

Their highest selling brands are Love Hearts, Parma Violets and Drumstick lollies.

Parma Violets are hard, biconcave disc-shaped sweets, similar to the Fizzers product from the same company, but without their fizziness.

Fat Charlie's Great-Aunt Alanna had kept a tube of parma violet candies in her handbag, but even as a chunky kid with a sweet tooth.

'Why, a kind of fur, pale grey and very expensive worn mostly by wealthy Edwardian ladies with a bunch of Parma violets and perhaps a toque.'

Only a drift of her stayed on the solemn air of the dining room - a drift of Parma violet and a heavy load on Nicandra's mind.

Parma Violets are an iconic British violet-flavoured tablet confectionery manufactured by the Derbyshire company Swizzels Matlow.