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Sweet Violet from Violet Family

Botanical Name

Viola odorata

Soil

Hedgebanks, scrub and wood plantations (rarely natural woods) usually on chalky soils

Sun Aspect

Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Dry

Plant Type

Perennial with short thick rhizome and long procumbent stolons rooting at the ends.

Height x Spread in feet

0.3 x 1

Foliage

Mid green heart-shaped leaves arise in tufts directly from the stem base

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed

Sweet scented Deep Violet or white with pale lilac (rarely purple, pink or apricot) in March-May followed by seed capsule

Comment

Available as seed from John Chambers' Wild Flower Seeds and plant from Coblands Nurseries Ltd