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Plant: Dabney Sorbet Mix Viola
Viola · Viola cornuta
Size: 18 Count Tray
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
This Dabney Sorbet viola mix draws on the Sorbet XP range of clear colors. Sorbet XP violas cover the soil at flowering with more blooms per plant and less stretch, stay compact in heat and cold, and overwinter well, on mounded plants 6 to 8 inches tall and wide. Horned violets grow best in humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. They bloom through cool weather and slow down in summer heat; deadheading encourages new buds.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 0.7 ft tall and 1 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-11
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
This Dabney Sorbet viola mix draws on the Sorbet XP range of clear colors. Sorbet XP violas cover the soil at flowering with more blooms per plant and less stretch, stay compact in heat and cold, and overwinter well, on mounded plants 6 to 8 inches tall and wide. Horned violets grow best in humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. They bloom through cool weather and slow down in summer heat; deadheading encourages new buds.
- Flowers
- Five petals, with four upright or fanned and one facing downward, in two-tone white, lavender and blue on the species. Fragrant and showy.
- Foliage
- Rounded, toothed, evergreen leaves.
- Fruit
- A three-valved capsule. The seeds have an oily feel and are dispersed by ants.
- Bark & stems
- Stems are creeping and ascending, up to 12 inches long.
- Pruning
- Cut back to encourage another bloom when temperatures drop. Deadheading can trigger new buds.
- Native range
- Pyrenees (France and Spain)
