Viola Seeds - Freckles

Viola Seeds - Freckles

The Viola Seeds - Freckles are a rare and unusual viola with China-blue speckled white flowers, adding a stunning 'wow' factor to patio pot flower displays and hanging baskets. Due to being very similar to wild violets, the Viola Seeds - Freckles will be covered in a profusion of delightful little flowers from spring to autumn.

Producing up to 20 flowers in its first season, the Viola Seeds - Freckles will certainly add beautiful colours and textures to your flower beds and flower borders. Being very versatile and easy to grow, they are perfect at being left to grow naturally in your garden, creating fantastic flower displays. Growing to a height of 15cm, these perennial flowers look fantastic growing in your patio pot and container displays dotted around your garden too.

Viola are an edible. Flowers have a lettuce-like flavour and make a decorative addition to a green salad or to garnish a pie or dessert. They can be crystallised and used on cakes, cookies or creamy desserts.

Growing Information

Sow thinly in pots or trays on a windowsill in a propagator or in a greenhouse at approximately 10–15°C (50–65°F), 3mm (1⁄8") deep, in good quality, finely sieved, firmed, moist compost. (Germination 14–21 days). Transplant seedlings, spacing them 5cm (2") apart in trays, and grow on. Plant out in May, after acclimatising the plants to outside conditions, 23cm (9") apart. Alternatively in June–July, sow the seed direct into finely raked, moist, warm, weed-free soil 6mm (¼") deep. Thin out seedlings to achieve a final spacing of 15cm (6"). Plant in flowering positions in the autumn.

Sowing Information

Sow thinly in pots or trays on a windowsill in a propagator or in a greenhouse at approximately 10-15°C (50-65°F), 3mm (1⁄8") deep, in good quality, finely sieved, firmed, moist compost. (Germination 14-21 days). Transplant seedlings, spacing them 5cm (2") apart in trays, and grow on. Plant out in May, after acclimatising the plants to outside conditions, 23cm (9") apart. Alternatively in June-July, sow the seed direct into finely raked, moist, warm, weed-free soil 6mm (¼") deep. Thin out seedlings to achieve a final spacing of 15cm (6"). Plant in flowering positions in the autumn.