Viola cornuta Penny Yellow

The Viola cornuta 'F1 Penny Yellow' is a horned violet with early and particularly abundant flowering. It produces flowers of a bright and luminous yellow, enhanced by black "whiskers". The plants are compact and bushy, excellent in borders, containers and hanging baskets. This biennial thrives in humus-rich soils and dappled sunlight.

Belonging to the Violaceae family, the horned violet, which grows wild in the Pyrenees, is a low perennial plant that has given rise to many hybrids and cultivars. Often crossed with Viola tricolor (wild pansy), their most famous descendants are garden pansies. The 'F1 Penny Yellow' variety is a herbaceous, compact ground-covering plant that reaches a height of 15 cm (5.9 in) when in flower. Its dark green, oval and crenated evergreen leaves, form a spreading clump and is covered in flowers from spring to autumn. Its compound flowers, with 5 petals, resemble those of small pansies, but their petals are arranged differently. The petals are pure, bright and velvety-yellow, finely marked with black whiskers. The plant spreads quite rapidly thanks to its root system and also self-seeds very easily in the garden, not always true to type.

Horned violets are intended for low beds and borders but also pots and window boxes, where they can be used to create beautiful colour combinations on their own, or with other plants that flower in spring and summer (forget-me-nots, dwarf daffodils, daisies, primroses, tulips, summer and autumn asters, etc.). The flowers of horned violets are edible, so do not hesitate to decorate your plates with one or two flowers, or even sprinkle some on your salads to give them a splash of colour.

Note: Please be aware that our young plant plugs are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant them as soon as possible, into containers, flowerpots, or directly into flowerbeds.