Data specific to Violas (Edit)
Growth habit: Compact/mounding

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4 - 6 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Leaves are deep green with purplish-red central pattern.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP19,996
Goes Dormant
Parentage: Sport of: Mars

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Common names
  • Viola

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Date: 2011-01-21
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. www.terranovanurseries.
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2010-05-10
Location: Washington State
Date: October 2011
Viola Heatthrob
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-07-20
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