BLUE VIOLET
blue violet
BLUE VIOLET
Stemless herbaceous perennial
plant.
Native to eastern North
America.
Self-seeding freely.
In gardens can become a weed.
FACTS
Give out cleistogamous flowers (insect pollinated flowers).
Blue Violet mature plant may be 6 inches across and 4 inches
high.
Leaves are 3 inches long and 3 inches across and vary in color
(from yellowish green to dark green).
Leaves are oval-ovate to orbicular-cordate in shape.
https://
www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=hGz_mjsbywE
CULTIVATION
Thepreference is partial sun or light shade, and moist to average
conditions, although full sun is tolerated if there is sufficient moisture.
The
soil should be a rich silty loam or clay loam with above average
amounts of organic matter.
The leaves have a tendency to turn yellowish green when exposed to full
sun under dry conditions – this reaction is normal, and is not necessarily a