Viola Helens Mount Johnny Jump Up

Description

Viola Helens Mount Johnny Jump Up

Viola Helens Mount Johnny Jump Up. The original and best known viola variety with its eye-catching tri-colored flowers in purple, yellow and white on small perennial plants growing 4-12 inches tall. Useful in shady areas, beds, borders, interplanted with spring flowering bulbs, containers and rock gardens. Will happily self seed if left alone. Flowers are edible

Cultivation Advice

• For earliest color, sow seeds in warmth 6 to 8 weeks before last frost covering seeds with 1/16 inch fine soil.
• Germination takes 10-20 days with the seeds needing darkness to germinate.
• Keep soil moderately moist during germination
• For later blooms sow directly outdoors in mid spring after danger of serious frost has passed.
• Seeds can also be sown outdoors in late summer or earliest fall in mild winter areas.
• Gradually acclimatize young plants outdoors after all frosts have passed, planting out 6-8 inches between plants.