Viola odorata ssp. sulfurea
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Viola odorata ssp. sulfurea• 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 5 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 and by runners
• 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: this violet produces seeds that may form a small colony of plants
Our original plant of this came from Lamb Nurseries in Spokane, Washington. It has flowers of apricot with a single row of petals. For many years we thought this had no scent, although more recently we noticed a very light fragrance to a plant in flower in one of our greenhouses. According to Roy Coombs in his book, Violets, the History & Cultivation of Scented Violets, this is probably a distinct species rather than a subspecies of V. odorata. Dating from 1896 in France. USDA Zones 3 - 9.