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

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 4 inches
Leaves: Other: edible
Flowers: Showy
Other: hermaphrodite
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Inflorescence Height: 4 inches
Uses: Salad greens
Edible Parts: Flowers
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viola prionantha
  • Synonym: Viola prionantha var. sylvatica
  • Synonym: Viola prionantha var. trichantha
  • Synonym: Viola taishanensis

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Location: Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan.
Date: April 12, 2008
Photo by KENPEI
Location: Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan.
Date: April 12, 2009
Photo by KENPEI
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 15, 2013 6:08 AM concerning plant:
    Violas make lovely dried or pressed flowers and the size is good for a number of craft uses. Pressed between glass and framed, they can become attractive dried flower "pictures".

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