Viola

Low growing plants for the shadier parts of the garden. Often sweetly scented crystallise flowersrs for your birthday cake and use in salads. Generally short lived but self-seed prolifically.

The following Viola plants are available to buy from Arne Herbs Nursery. Please contact us or call +44 (0) 1275 333 399 to confirm stock availability.

Viola labradorica  
Dark violet flrs and deep purple lvs, self seeds freely, wonderful when contrasted with golden leaved plants,

Viola nigra  Bowles Black
Tiny black flrs make this one a real treasure

Buy Viola nigra Plants

Viola odorata   Sweet Violet
A plant we can never have enough of, ascribed miraculous healing properties during Middle Ages and food plant of Queen of Spain Fritillery caterpillars. Flrs usually violet coloured but some white ones may occur. Please ask, if the colour's important to y

Viola rivinana  Dog violet
Wild woodland plant comparatively scentless, food plant of at least five rare fritillery caterpillars

Viola tricolor  Heartsease
A native short lived per. Associated with lovers since Tudor poets first made the connection. That is not to say though they thought love was necessarily short lived

Buy Viola tricolor Plants