Violas are a favorite of gardeners everywhere for their low-maintenance heart-shaped blooms. There are over 500 species to choose from in every color you can imagine! Violas are perennials and will readily self-seed, but are often used as annuals in hot climates due to their aversion to heat and humidity. Violas are edible flowers that make beautiful garnishes, adding a pop of color to salads and desserts. They make great garden borders, often used in landscaping in woodland landscapes and rock gardens.
Growth Habit: Grown as perennials and annuals, clumping and sometimes spreading, can reach 2-12 inches in height.
Native Origin: North America and Europe
Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Environmental needs: Full sun, Part Sun. Plant in well-draining peat moss-based soil. Water regularly, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Pet-friendly and non-toxic.
Not rabbit-proof
Growth rate:
Maintenance: Violas prefer acidic soils like a peat moss-based soil or garden soil amended with organic materials. Fertilize in spring and fall with a slow-release fertilizer to promote more blooms. These flowers prefer cool weather between 40 and 70 degrees, in particularly hot summers, be sure to plant them with part shade and mulch your garden bed to help with humidity. Deadhead spent flowers to promote new blooms and prune leggy plants back 3-4 inches to revive.
Violas are a favorite of gardeners everywhere for their low-maintenance heart-shaped blooms. There are over 500 species to choose from in every color you can imagine! Violas are perennials and will readily self-seed, but are often used as annuals in hot climates due to their aversion to heat and humidity. Violas are edible flowers that make beautiful garnishes, adding a pop of color to salads and desserts. They make great garden borders, often used in landscaping in woodland landscapes and rock gardens.
Growth Habit: Grown as perennials and annuals, clumping and sometimes spreading, can reach 2-12 inches in height.
Native Origin: North America and Europe
Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Environmental needs: Full sun, Part Sun. Plant in well-draining peat moss-based soil. Water regularly, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Pet-friendly and non-toxic.
Not rabbit-proof
Growth rate:
Maintenance: Violas prefer acidic soils like a peat moss-based soil or garden soil amended with organic materials. Fertilize in spring and fall with a slow-release fertilizer to promote more blooms. These flowers prefer cool weather between 40 and 70 degrees, in particularly hot summers, be sure to plant them with part shade and mulch your garden bed to help with humidity. Deadhead spent flowers to promote new blooms and prune leggy plants back 3-4 inches to revive.
