- Plant violets properly
- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- When is flowering time?
- multiply violets
- Is violet poisonous?
- The Violet: A Wanted Poster
- Pansies and Violets: What's the Difference?
- The violet as a houseplant
- Are violets edible?
- The medicinal properties of violets
- Sow violet seeds
- Are violets hardy?
- Fighting violets in the lawn
- Violets bloom in these colors
- species of violets
- The most beautiful varieties
Only with violets is the picturesque scenery in beds and planters perfect. Only a minimum of care is required to ensure that the cheerfully colorful fellows thrive all year round. Find out everything you need to know about the flirty flowers here.
There are violets for every location: whether as a houseplant, in bed or on the balcony
Table of Contents
Show all- Plant violets properly
- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- When is flowering time?
- multiply violets
- Is violet poisonous?
- The Violet: A Wanted Poster
- Pansies and Violets: What's the Difference?
- The violet as a houseplant
- Are violets edible?
- The medicinal properties of violets
- Sow violet seeds
- Are violets hardy?
- Fighting violets in the lawn
- Violets bloom in these colors
- species of violets
- The most beautiful varieties
- The planting pit corresponds to 1.5 times the volume of the root ball
- Optimize the excavation with compost and horn meal or guano
- Plant viola exactly as deep as in the seed pot
- Press and water the soil
- Water regularly when dry
- Fertilize repeatedly with compost and horn shavings (€32.93) from March to October
- Clean off faded flowers immediately to encourage more blooms
- Do not cover hardy species and varieties with foil due to the risk of rot
- Viola in the bucket receive light winter protection so that the root ball does not freeze through
- Sunny to partially shaded position
- Gladly in the protection of tall deciduous trees or perennials as shade providers
- Nutrient-rich, humus-rich, freshly moist to moderately dry soil
- Wild Pansies: March to October
- Horned violets: April to August/September
- Sweet violets: March to June
- Whitsun violets: April to June/July
- Winter violets: December to May
- Division of the root ball in autumn or spring
- Cut off top cuttings in summer and plant in lean substrate
- Cut off runners during growth and root them in the pot
- After flowering, harvest and sow the mature seeds
- Mostly biennial flowers
- Formation of subterranean rhizomes as outlasting organs
- Growth height from 10 to 30 cm
- Types suitable for all layers available
- Deciduous and evergreen flowers
- Some species can be used as medicinal and kitchen plants
- Place on the bright south, east or west window
- Commercially available potting soil as a substrate
- Water regularly
- Fertilize liquid every 14 days during the growing season
- Lowering of elevated blood fat levels
- Hypertension relief
- antibacterial effect
- Healing for cough and angina
- Pull individual specimens out of the lawn with the weed puller before sowing
- Do not leave root pieces or runners in the green area
- Dig out larger areas of vegetation with a spade to repair the gaps with rolled turf or overseeding
- If spreading over a large area, mow the lawn briefly and scarify
- Wild pansy (Viola tricolor): the robust wild species flowers in yellow, violet-blue and white
- Horn violet (Viola cornuta): multi-flowered flowers with a growth height of 10-25 cm
- Sweet violets (Viola odorata): bloom mainly in violet and spread a sweet scent
- Pentecost violet (Viola sororia): the porcelain-blue flowers are excellent as ground cover
- Parma violet (Viola suavis): blooms under glass throughout the winter and has a pleasant scent
- Stone violet (Viola rupestris): the ideal type of violet for poor soil, such as the rock garden or gravel bed
- Etain: charming bright yellow horned violet with violet edges; ideal for the rock garden
- Rebecca: a marbled horned violet in cream and purple with a graceful 10 cm growth
- Baronne Alice de Rothschild: the historical scented violet from 1894 impresses with purple-violet flowers
- Albiflora: the white violet persuades with vigorous growth and serves as a magnificent ground cover
- Comte de Brazza: the lush, double Parma violet blooms incessantly from March to May
- Queen Charlotte: the fragrant variety delights us with double flowering in March/April and September/October
- Ice-Babies: as winter violets, the small family of varieties flowers in many colors from October until well into May
- Grandessa: distinctive pansies with large flowers in bright blue, red, purple or yellow and a dark eye
- Orchid flowers: fantastically beautiful pansies with ruffled flowers from September to December
Plant violets properly
Autumn is the best time to plant viola. This applies to both self-grown and ready-bought flowers. In the sun-warmed soil, the biennial plants will root in time before winter to flower next year. Follow these steps to get it right:
Depending on the type of flowers planted, a planting distance of 10 to 25 cm is considered appropriate. Plant Viola in a bucket or flower box,(16.99€) a drainage made of inorganic material prevents harmful waterlogging.
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care tips
Violets are a welcome guest in the ornamental and kitchen garden, as they are limited to the following aspects when caring for them:
After the first bloom, cut back the flowers by half and diligently drive them out again. Viola are prone to powdery mildew if the location is too damp or if the weather is warm and humid. Therefore, avoid overhead irrigation and ensure an airy planting distance. Since flowers are at the top of the menu for snails, the bed should be surrounded by a moving barrier or a snail fence.
Which location is suitable?
The frugality of Viola is already revealed when choosing the location, because here the flowers show a friendly flexibility. It depends on these criteria:
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When is flowering time?
Those who cleverly combine the types and varieties of violets will be smiled at by the lovely faces all year round. The main flowering times of the dominant species at a glance:
Consistent cleaning of withered plant parts and pruning after the first flowering has a beneficial effect on the duration of the flowering period.
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multiply violets
Viola provide plenty of offspring on their own by diligently sowing themselves and sending out runners. In addition, ants carry the seeds with them. In order to multiply the flowers in a targeted manner, you can choose from these methods:
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Is violet poisonous?
Violets do not pose any health risk to humans or animals. On the contrary, the fragrant violet in particular serves as a medicinal and kitchen plant. The colorful petals can be eaten without hesitation. The roots, on the other hand, should be consumed with caution, because in folk medicine they were used as an emetic.
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The Violet: A Wanted Poster
With a look at the profile, hobby gardeners learn useful details for the successful cultivation of violets and their diverse uses. Interesting attributes include:
Thanks to the rhizomes, most violets have sufficient winter hardiness. Since above-ground offshoots thrive at the same time, the flowers themselves conquer large areas within a short time.
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Pansies and Violets: What's the Difference?
At first glance, pansies and violets are confusingly similar. In truth, every pansy is a violet, while not every violet is a pansy. Violets represent the plant genus Viola with more than 500 species. As part of repeated crossings within these species, the pansy with its countless color variations emerged.
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The violet as a houseplant
Viola are not considered the classic houseplant. Regardless of this, there is nothing to be said against cultivation on the windowsill. The unusual flowers adorn the house with their colorful blossoms primarily during the cold season. How to care for viola in the pot:
An ideal candidate is the non-hardy Australian violet, which flowers from April to September. Another option is the Parma violet, which presents its delicate, porcelain-like blossoms behind glass from November to April. Incidentally, the African violets, which are popular as houseplants, belong to a different genus, as does cyclamen.
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Are violets edible?
The petals of sweet violets, horned violets and pansies are primarily edible. The flowers serve as an aromatic decoration on salads or candied as a sweet temptation. In addition, Viola produce refreshing drinks and rich syrups. If you like, you can prepare healthy honey or delicious jam with violets. The list of tempting recipes is endless and offers plenty of scope for your own creations.
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The medicinal properties of violets
The violet species Viola odorata, also called sweet violet or March violet, has been used in folk medicine for generations. In 2007, these flowers were even voted Medicinal Plant of the Year. This honor is based on the following healing effect:
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Sow violet seeds
The seeds of violets are cold germs. Therefore, a cold stimulus is required for the cotyledons to show. Sow the seeds in seed trays or the cold box between October and January. Alternatively, fill the seeds with moist sand in a plastic bag and put it in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator for 4-6 weeks. The germinating seeds are then further treated as light germinators using the known method.
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Are violets hardy?
Most violets are hardy. Viola freeze back in severe frost, but sprout again in spring. It is important to note that the flowers should be watered on frost-free days if there is no snow. To ensure that violas get through the cold season in the planter, the bucket should be wrapped in bubble wrap and placed on wood or polystyrene.
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Fighting violets in the lawn
Violas are not always welcome in the garden. Due to their natural urge to spread, the flowers sometimes prove to be a troublemaker. If violets appear in the lawn, we try to get rid of them. How to solve the problem:
If Viola prove to be particularly stubborn in the lawn, Lawn Weed Killer eliminates the problem. Proven preparations are: Banval M from Compo or Anicel Ultra from Celaflor.
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Violets bloom in these colors
The violet was the inspiration for the classification of colors in the RGB color space. When it comes to violet, the designers of media of all types follow the specifications of these flowers. However, this fact does not mean that viola is limited to the color violet. In fact, the color spectrum extends over all conceivable tones and nuances.
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species of violets
The rich plant genus presents us with more than 500 types of violets, which have conquered the hearts of hobby gardeners around the world. The most beautiful representatives of these cheerfully colorful and frugal cosmopolitans are known under these names:
The universally popular garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana), on the other hand, is not a pure species. The colorful flowers result from countless crossings of the wild pansy with other violets. With the robust field pansy (Viola arvensis) or the slender long-spurred pansy (Viola calcarata), we again encounter one of the diverse species.
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