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Plant: Penny Black Viola
Viola · Viola cornuta
Size: 18 Count Tray
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Mature size
More about this plant
Penny Black is a horned violet with black blooms for spring and fall color in full to part sun, suited to borders, group plantings and containers. 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. Watch for snails, slugs and fungal leaf spots.
- 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
Penny Black is a horned violet with black blooms for spring and fall color in full to part sun, suited to borders, group plantings and containers. 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. Watch for snails, slugs and fungal leaf spots.
- 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)
