Viola wittrockiana Viola - Yellow Trailing Pansy

The Golden Yellow Trailing Viola, also known as Viola x wittrockiana or Garden Pansy, is a biennial whose flowering extends from October to November and from January to April. Its very trailing habit is entirely dedicated to hanging baskets and its multiple flowers generously renew themselves. Its bright yellow colour attracts the eye and warms up autumn and early spring.

Viola x wittrockiana is now mostly known for all these generations of flowers resulting from numerous cross-breeding, which delights gardeners. They allow, indeed, to make the most of all the desired qualities: they have excellent branching and form a tuft that varies between 15 and 20 cm (7.9 in) in height and 20 to 30 cm (7.9 - 11.8 in) in width. They can grow even larger if you provide them with fertiliser every 15 days. They thrive perfectly in hanging baskets, thanks to their trailing habit, and offer sustained floribundity. These ephemeral perennial plants, grown as biennials in our latitudes, have numerous small compound leaves in a rosette shape, crenate, of a medium green colour and elliptical in shape. Above these leaves, countless small flowers (3 to 4 cm) composed of five petals cover the compact cushion they form. The colours are very varied - ranging from a single colour, bicoloured and spotted, they can sometimes have a yellow heart, and even small whiskers.

Feel free to pick a few flowers to sprinkle on your dishes, as their petals are edible (if you choose to grow them without using any chemicals).

Planted in summer, they will bloom as early as autumn. Vigorous, they will withstand winter without difficulty and continue to bloom in spring. As soon as the heat intensifies, they will make way for summer flowers.

Violas are very bright and fantastic near high traffic areas, in window boxes, near entrances, on the terrace, and especially in slightly shaded spaces. However, as they are accommodating and resistant, they will also brighten the front of flower beds and easily intermingle with spring bulbs. They will blend harmoniously with the blues of Muscari and Forget-me-nots.

Note: Attention: Our plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, replant them as soon as possible, in pots, window boxes, or directly in flower beds.