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Violaceae
Violet
Viola sororia
Also known as Viola papilionacea f. albiflora, Viola papilionacea var. domestica, Viola allardii, Viola wilmatteae
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Violet · Native Wildflower · Pollinator Plant · Ground Cover · Edible Flowers · Woodland Garden · Spring Bloomer · Shade Tolerant · North American Native · Butterfly Garden
The Common Blue Violet is a charming native wildflower that naturalizes easily in lawns, woodland gardens, and shaded borders across North America. It thrives in part shade with average moisture and spreads gently by seed to form lovely ground-covering colonies. Both its flowers and young leaves are edible and have a long history of use in folk medicine and as a nectar source for early spring pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water until soil is evenly moist; allow top inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days; tolerates short dry spells once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Austria, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Greece, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Maine
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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