Viola sororia 'Freckles' (Vt) | violet 'Freckles'

RHS

Synonyms

Viola 'Freckles'
Viola cucullata 'Freckles'

Herbaceous Perennial

A deciduous perennial to 20cm tall, with broadly ovate leaves and 2cm wide white flowers evenly speckled with violet, in spring

Full sun, Partial shade

Clay, Loam, Sand

0.1-0.5 metres

0.1-0.5 metres

Clay Loam Sand

Full sun Partial shade

Family: Violaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Deciduous
Habit: Bushy
Genus: Viola can be annuals, biennials or deciduous or evergreen perennials, with simple or pinnately lobed leaves and 5-petalled flowers of characteristic shape
Name Status: Accepted
Horticultural Group

Horticultural Classification Codes

Horticultural Classification Codes are often given to genera which have a large number of species or cultivars. They are used to categorise cultivated plants based on specific, shared characteristics such as shape, colour, size or flowering time, and can be displayed as letters or numbers

For example:
Dahlia ‘Sunset Kate (Sin) = Single flower
Rosa ‘Marigold’ (HT) = Hybrid Tea: Violets are stoloniferous perennials with small, highly fragrant, self-coloured purple, blue or white flowers in late winter and early spring

Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade; self seeds freely

Propagate by seed sown in late winter or early spring

Deadhead to prolong flowering unless seed is required

May be susceptible to slugs, snails, aphids, glasshouse red spider mite, violet gall midge