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Violaceae
Johnny-jump-up
Viola tricolor
Also known as Field pansy, Heartsease, Wild pansy, Viola tricolor f. perobscura
Native Plants · Viola · Wildflower · Edible Flowers · Self-Seeding · Cottage Garden · Cool Season · Pollinator · Colorful · Groundcover · Annual
Johnny-jump-up is a cheerful, self-seeding annual or short-lived perennial that thrives in cool weather and partial shade. Plant in well-draining, moderately fertile soil and water regularly to keep blooms coming through spring and early summer. It will often naturalize and return year after year by self-seeding throughout the garden.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water until soil is evenly moist, allowing the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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