General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 6 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Leaves: Variegated
Other: Varigation fades as foliage matures
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Corm
Bulb
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Let seed dry on stem, then scatter
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Bulbs
Corms

Image
Common names
  • Manchurian Violet
  • Sumire

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Date: 2014-04-19
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-05-03
Manchurian Violet (Viola mandshurica 'Fuji Dawn').
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-20
Manchurian Violet (Viola mandshurica 'Fuji Dawn').
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-04-30
Manchurian Violet (Viola mandshurica 'Fuji Dawn').
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2012-02-28
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2012-02-28
Location: Litchfield, NH
Date: 2013-05-08
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2012-02-28
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2012-02-28

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