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Lyon's Plum Pudding


Excellent dark purple, very popular.  Very dark, very large, purple-lavender with darker tips.  Good bloomer, easy grower.  Standard.  (Sorano)  AVSA #8250

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Lyon's Plum Pudding

Average Rating 4.8 out of 5

Gorgeous plant

My plant has its first bloom already. Very well packaged plants, and very healthy plants. Excellent service.

Anke Luttich Jul 30 2024, 10:38 AM

Plum perfection!

I received this Violet about a month ago. It is already blooming! The color is stunning and a perfect plum color. It is my new favorite. I recommend this variety.

Carolin Shutler Jul 27 2024, 23:18 PM

Quality Violet!

So well packaged, lots of care & concern in every box. No worries. Looking forward to seeing this deep purple color.

Charleen Satkowski May 13 2024, 20:33 PM

Lyon's Plum Pudding

Received in last order. Pleased with plant quality.

greg gruber Sep 06 2023, 15:00 PM

Lovely, more "plum" than deep purple

Good growing plant, spectacular blooms, but for me, was more plum/reddish than pictured.

Kristen Berg Sep 02 2023, 09:05 AM

Didn’t do well

This plant died. . It was very tiny and didn’t survive. I was hoping for a beautiful plant. My plant was the youngest I’ve ever received from VB. Very disappointed.

Susan Mendelsohn Oct 23 2022, 09:32 AM

beautiful plant

I was very excited to get this one! I unfortunately lost it and have to order another but it is one of my very favorite violets of all!!

jennifer dandy Aug 12 2021, 20:24 PM

Tough, beautiful, and well behaved

Plum Pudding gets my award for Best Overall. After a very difficult year where I had to leave my plants in someone else's care, Plum Pudding made it through with flying colors, still blooming in spite of it all. The flowers are beautiful, vibrant plum purple, and the plants themselves have a very tidy habit. A+

Timotha Trigg Feb 04 2021, 22:52 PM

Strong Plant, Easy To Grow

I have had this Lyons Plum Pudding several years now. It has grown well and survived even if I forgot to water it a time or two. The flowers are a beautiful dark purple against dark green leaves. I have truly enjoyed this plant and the great service I get by the Violet Barn.

Karen Thornton Aug 14 2020, 04:10 AM

Just GORGEOUS

This violet is GORGEOUS! A deep velvet purple with leaves the perfect shade of green to compliment the blooms. Veins in the leaves have a bit of a purple tint to them. Very hardly plant - even when I have not been as attentive as I should have been. If you love purple you will love this violet. If you aren't a purple lover you will be after seeing these blooms!

Beth Young Jun 21 2020, 15:26 PM

One of my favorites!

Big beautiful flowers. Easy to grow and always in bloom. Highly recommend this one.

Barbara Kaminski Jan 01 2020, 19:41 PM

Love it!

I highly recommend this violet. Lovely blossoms and colour.

Anonymous Sep 02 2018, 22:06 PM

Perfect !

I ordered 2 of these and just received them. They are both very healthy and had no broken leaves. They are packed so well, it would be hard for them to be damaged. There are no flowers yet, but it won’t be long until it blooms. I highly recommend The Violet Barn and will buy from them again. The only thing that would make them better, is if they could process and ship the plants and supplies quicker. Thankyou Violet Barn for raising healty plants and for really caring about your customers.

Karen Thornton May 02 2018, 13:16 PM

Plum Pudding

In spite of a very rough trip here (the box was damaged) and the biggest bloom on it was broken, this is a beautiful plant. The color is even prettier than the picture shows! This is going to be a favorite I am sure. Several of the other plants had broken leaves too, but still very happy with the plants.

Sandra Willis Apr 21 2018, 16:13 PM

Lovely plant

Very attractive violet. Very large blooms atop upright stems that stand above nicely shaped medium green foliage. Quite delicate in appearance yet handsome with its royal purple blooms. Nice addition.

David Haase Feb 26 2018, 15:01 PM

Simply the Perfect Shade of Purple

I've had Lyon's Plum Pudding (LPP) for 10 years (or more), and it's an easy grower and heavy bloomer. By easy growing, I mean that it blooms regularly in natural sunlight with, as the Violet Barn recommends, an "even" AV fertilizer and repotting every six months. And LPP buds are sturdy, too. I've done 6-month repottings with buds, and they don't shrivel away. Rather, the buds bloom to the most perfect, vibrant shade of purple--absolutely stunning. The color is what I've always thought a purple AV should be. Buy this plant!

Stacey Mar 04 2016, 12:42 PM

If you love purple, this is your plant!

Gorgeous blooms with much more depth in detail and color than can be seen in the pictures. Highly recommend.

Samantha Friedman Oct 16 2015, 09:02 AM

Spot On!

This baby will be one of your favorites!! Huge flowers standing up in a cluster like a bride's-maid's bouquet! Blooms look just like the photos, but are prettier in person..or in "plant!" I can keep mine in 2.5 inch pots & they bloom just fine. Follow the rule of leaving at least 2 leaves on the main stem below the flower-holding stem. I'm tellin' ya, Plummy is yummy!

Luanne Sterner Jun 20 2012, 12:43 PM

Lyons Plum pudding

Large beautiful double purple flowers, nice foliage.

Anne Wingo Oct 24 2011, 09:55 AM

You won't be disappointed!

This has always been my favorite purple bloom. It is a gorgeous color, the blooms are full and absolutely huge, and have lovely shading on the tips. I've ordered this variety from other growers to share with others or to have a spare plant, but was not as happy with the color of the blooms or the hardiness of the plants. You definitely will not be disappointed with this one! Very easy plant to grow, even for novices, blooms often and easily.

Wendy Bailey Aug 02 2011, 18:52 PM

Plum Pudding

Nice, very strong bloomer.

Elizabeth Jun 19 2011, 13:35 PM

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