Viola odorata 'Lydia Groves'
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Viola odorata 'Lydia Groves'• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common name: violet
• flowering season: early spring with a second bloom in autumn
• height: 3 to 6 inches
• Light requirements: partial shade or morning sunlight
• Soil requirements: average garden soil that is well drained
• Water requirments: average water requirements; grows best in soil that doesn't thoroughly dry out in summer
• Growth habit: a low growing plant that spreads by runners
• How to propagate: by seeds or by severing the runner of a younger plant and replanting it
• Leaf type: heart shaped, small to medium sized leaves
• Ways to use it: to naturalize on the shady size of a house or as a groundcover in a shady garden
• Special characteristics: the light pink flowers show well in a shady garden; your nose may discover them before your eyes do
The flowers of this are a light, candy pink that are sweetly scented. In 1989 it was selected in England by Clive Groves and named for his mother. The flowers have a single row of petals. The heart of the flower is a creamy white. Spreads by both seeds and runners. It is thought to be a sport of the variety 'Coeur d'Alsace.' Hardy in USDA Zones 3 - 9.