Viola odorata 'John Raddenbury'

Foliage attractive. Flowers large, single, sky blue, sweetly fragrant on tall stems. ['John Raddburg']

Introduced Australia 1895. John Raddenbury was Curator of the Geelong Botanic Gardens in Victoria from 1872-96.

A violet with great commercial success in the UK and France.

Jones, G. (1984).

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Malpighiales
family       Violaceae
genus        Viola L.
species         Viola odorata L.