Viola cornuta F1 Prim Up Citrus blend

The ‘F1 Prim Up Citrus blend’ violas offer a sunny spectacle of pure colour, sparkling with white, yellow, and orange, reminiscent of a flowering and fruiting citrus orchard. With their long acidulous flowering, they flood borders, planters, and flower baskets with joy for a good part of the year. These biennials produce bushy plants that remain compact throughout the seasons and are also attractive for their evergreen foliage of dark green. They are grown in humus-rich soil, in partial shade. A mix of vibrant colors for spring pots.

Belonging to the violet family, the horned violet, which grows wild in the Pyrenees, is a low perennial plant that has given rise to many hybrids. Often crossed with Viola tricolor (wild pansy), their most famous descendants are horticultural pansies. The 'Sorbet Xp F1 Citrus mix' produces herbaceous creeping plants 10 to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall when in flower, with dark green, oval, and serrated persistent leaves, forming a spreading tuft. They are covered with flowers from spring to autumn. Their flowers form a beautiful ensemble of vibrant and pure colours in white, yellow, or orange depending on the plants. The throat of each flower is discreetly marked with fine black stripes radiating from a small bright yellow heart. The flowers resemble those of small pansies but their petals are arranged differently. The two upper ones are upright, while the other three are inclined downwards. The plants spread quite rapidly thanks to their rhizomes and also self-seed very easily in the garden, not always faithfully.

Horned violets are intended as low bedding flowers for borders, but also for pots and balcony planters, where they can be associated with other spring and summer flowering plants (Forget-me-nots, Dwarf daffodils, Daisies, Primroses, Botanical tulips, summer and autumn asters, etc.). The flowers of Horned violets' are edible, so don't hesitate to decorate your plates with a few, or even add to salads for a touch of color.

Note: Attention, our young plants in mini-pots are professional products designed for experienced gardeners. Upon receipt, transplant them as soon as possible in pots, planters, or directly into beds.