M. 'Keillour Violet'
A fertile cultivar of uncertain origin but which probably has M. grandis subsp. grandis in its parentage. Best raised by division as seed raised plants may show some variation.
Introduced by: S. Pawley, 2012. Named by: E. Stevens, 2015.
Registered by: E. Stevens, 2015.
Flowering: May. Violet-blue flowers with a prominent narrow style and stigma are carried on long scapes. The petals of the plants grown in Stuart Pawley’s garden were obovate, slightly fluted and undulate with little or no overlap at the petal base. Plants of this cultivar grown in Evelyn Steven’s garden had rather ragged looking, more elliptical petals, longer with a less rounded and more acute distal edge.
Mature foliage: The spreading basal leaves are carried on long petioles. Their lamina are narrowly elliptic-oblong with margins that are almost entire. The leaf base is attenuate and the apex acute to sub-acute.
Fruit capsule: Narrowly ellipsoid with a short style and prominent stigma. Fully fertile.
Etymology: The plant now named M. ‘Keillour Violet’ came from the garden of Stuart Pawley who lived opposite Keillour Castle. Its origins are uncertain.