Viola odorata | Sweet Violet | Various

Viola odorata belongs to the plant family VIOLACEĈ and Genus Viola This plant specimen prefers Wet soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun

We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Viola odorata does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds

Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Viola odorata so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties

Viola odorata sweet violet is not known as a butterfly attracting plant

Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).

Viola odorata has flowers that are strongly perfume scented. Sweet violet can survive cold winters where the average annual low is -20° Fahrenheit. It prefers moist to wet soils.

Viola odorata will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.

Viola odorata is a perennial. Typically the blossoms are either purple or white.

Flowers of the plant Viola odorata have a smell of famously fragrant through the centuries and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Perfume | Strong

This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 8" feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page

Viola odorata is thought to have beneficial uses as either an expectorant or a demulcent. The flowers and the leaves and even the root are used to prepare herbal remedies.

"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.

"The Fragrant Garden.  A book about sweet scented flowers and leaves", Louise Beebe Wilder, Dover Publications, New York, 1974.  Originally published as "The Fragrant Path", Louise Beebe Wilder, 1932, The Macmillan Company.

"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.