Carried by 14 nurseries
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Dog Violet (Viola adunca) is a hairy, compact plant with nodding purple flowers blooming from spring through summer. With dark green heart-shaped fragrant leaves spreading via rhizomes (horizontal underground stems), Dog Violet makes a low mat that covers the ground.
Dog Violet grows in shade or part sun, prefers well-drained soil and needs watering year round. Dog Violet hosts moths and butterflies. Native to meadows and forests, Dog Violet makes a great mat groundcover for woodland and meadow gardens.
Perennial herb
6 in Tall
Summer Deciduous
Blue, White, Purple
Spring, Summer
Containers
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moderate
Moderate
Fast, Medium, Slow
Adaptable.
1*, 2, 3, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7*, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Sheltered places, along streams
Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
7 confirmed and 18 likely
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