Bowles Black ( Viola
cornuta)
Perennial; 3/4in. blooms
are a dark purple in the center and truly black on the outer
edges.
Plants are dwarf (4in.) and spread to 8in. Full sun/Partial
shade;
height: 4in.
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Bowles Black ( Viola
cornuta)
Perennial; 3/4in. blooms
are a dark purple in the center and truly black on the outer
edges.
Plants are dwarf (4in.) and spread to 8in. Full sun/Partial
shade;
height: 4in.
| #2485 Packet, $3.50 each, Approximately 50 seeds |
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Queen Charlotte - Viola
odorata - Perennial;
Fragrant clear blue bloom in summer the first year from a spring
sowing. Hardy to -10F (-23.3C); Full sun or partial shade;
height: 6in.
| #1160 Packet, $3.50 each, Approximately 100 seeds |
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Sweet Blue Violet - Viola odorata
- A favorite for its sweet scent,
this pretty perennial plant is used for perfumes
and potpourris.
The blooms are also candied and used as decorations
on pastries
and cakes.
| #4198 Packet, $3.50 each, Approximately 100 seeds |
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| #B1lb-4198CS Dried leaf cut and sifted 1lb $27.49 |
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| #B1lb-4198G Dried leaf powder 1lb $28.99 |
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Johnny Jump Up (Viola
tricolor)
Perennial; Pretty small viola with 1-1/2in.
bicolor blooms in
purple and yellow on compact plants. Good variety for rock
gardens, beds and borders. Full
sun/Partial shade; height: 7in.
| #1163 Packet, $3.50 each, Approximately 100 seeds |
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King Henry (Viola
tricolor) Perennial; 1-1/2in. bicolor blooms,
purple with a
gold eye. Full sun/Partial shade; height: 7in.
| #1162 Packet, $3.50 each, Approximately 100 seeds |
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Prince John (Viola
tricolor)
Perennial; Solid golden yellow 1-1/2in. blooms. Full
sun/Partial shade; height: 7in.
| #1161 Packet, $3.50 each, Approximately 100 seeds |
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Sorbet Mix - Annual;
Mix of a wide range of
colors - solids and bicolors. Full sun or partial shade;
height: 6in.
| #4088 Packet, $3.50 each, Approximately 50 seeds |
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| ORDER EARLY! See TERMS Viola European Wild Pansy Field Pansy Heartease Three_Faces_in_a_Hood Live in Idleness Cull me to you Pancies Love in Idleness |
Used to treat epilepsy,
asthma, colds, cradle cap, convulsions,
and was
used at one time as a love potion, thus it's name: Heartease.
Being
studied as a cancer treatment as it contains cyclotides. "The spirit of it is excellently good for the convulsion in children, as also for the falling sickness, and a gallant remedy for the inflammation of the lungs and breasts, pleurisy, scabs, itch, etc." Culpeper, 1652 |
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