Viola odorata 'Reid's Crimson Carpet'
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Viola odorata 'Reid's Crimson Carpet'• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common name: viola
• flowering season: early spring, fall
• height: 4 inches
• Light requirements: partial shade
• Soil requirements: average soil that is well drained
• Water requirments: moisture in spring, less moisture during summer
• Growth habit: low and creeping
• How to propagate: from seeds or by separating a side-shoot
• Leaf type: green and heart shaped
• Ways to use it: in a woodland garden, on the shady side of a house, or potted
• Special characteristics: it blooms for a very long time in the garden
• Other points of interests: sweetly scented flowers
Introduced by Canyon Creek Nursery in 1998, to quote their catalog's description of 'Reid's Crimson Carpet,' “this makes a compact carpet of tidy, deep green foliage. In spring this mat is covered with brilliant crimson flowers which are nicely scented. Named for our son, Reid, who thinks we should have patented this violet to help towards his college fund. He might be right.”