Sweet Violet (English Violet, Florist’s Violet)
Viola odorata and hybrids. VIOLACEAE.
Planting and Growing Sweet Violet
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow sweet violet in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of sweet violet
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for sweet violet
- Season of bloom and planting time for sweet violet
- When, how deep, and where to plant sweet violet
- How to plant sweet violet
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of sweet violet
- Landscape and container uses of sweet violet
- Comments about sweet violet and its features
Growing Sweet Violet
Many cultivars of low, mounding, tufted, deciduous perennial herbs, 8–24 in. (20–60 cm) tall. Shiny, deep green, round or kidney-shaped, finely toothed leaves, 1–2 in. (25–50 mm) long, on short leaf stems.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many blue, lavender, purple, violet, white, sometimes double-petaled, 5‑petaled, fragrant flowers, 1/2–7/8‑in. (12–22‑mm) wide, with short spurs, in early spring.
Best Climates
Hardy. Self-seeding. Plant as annual, zones, 2–5; ground hardy, zones 6–10. Best in cool climates.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained loam. Fertility: Rich. 5.5–6.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring, zones 2–5; late summer, zones 6–10, in filtered sun to partial shade, 8–12 in. (20–30 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Protect from heat. Deadhead spent flowers. Propagate by division, offsets, runners, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for borders, containers, edgings, ground covers in cottage, seaside, small-space, woodland gardens. Good for cutting. Invasive. Disease resistant. Spider mite susceptible.