General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Yellow and coral
Other: Creamy yellow with pale coral center
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Bees
Cleistogamous

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Common names
  • Sweet Violet
  • English Violet
  • Garden Violet
Also sold as:
  • Viola odorata var. sulphurea

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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2019-03-30
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2019-03-30
Location: Litchfield, NH
Date: 5/6/18
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2017-04-08
I love these little beauties.  Wish I knew their name?

Courtesy Gardens in the woods
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Location: My garden
Date: 2017-03-28
Location: My home
Date: 2017-04-22

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