 Viola 'Boughton Blue' $7.95
- perennial viola
- flowering season: spring and again in fall; where summers are not too hot it will flower all summer
- height: 4 to 6 inches
- Light requirements: strong light but partial shade during the hottest part of the afternoon
- Soil requirements: average to rich
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: grows as a clump
- How to propagate: divide in early to mid-spring; rarely sets seeds
- Leaf type: small, round light green leaves
- Ways to use it: it is happy near the front edge of a flower garden, or to edge a path; also grows well in a container to be placed where you can enjoy it up close
- Special characteristics: by mid-summer a plant may grow tall and flop open; if this happens, cutting it back by half to two-thirds is a good idea
- Other points of interests: this variety, 'Boughton Blue,' can survive neglect
This has medium large flowers that stand up to extreme summer heat better than some other violas. At first glance, 'Boughton Blue' is not anyones first choice because it is more modest than the others. However it has such a tough constitution that I bet this will outlive most of them. We have seen it survive with little care and it has continued to flower nicely each summer for at least five years. This is unscented. Cold hardy to USDA Zone 4. |
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