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Viola riviniana 'Rosea'

 

Pink Dog-violet

The common dog violet is a native in Britain, and often found in woodlands and hedgerows. It flowers a little later than another native - the sweet violet, which is a scented violet, and has a darker spur behind the flower, whereas the common dog violet's spur is paler than the petals. 'Rosea' is a pink flowered dog violet

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plant Features
  • Pink Dog-violet likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Pink Dog-violet likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Pink Dog-violet is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Pink Dog-violet likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Pink Dog-violet

Latin name

Viola riviniana 'Rosea'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Violaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Pink Dog-violet likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Pink Dog-violet is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Pink Dog-violet likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

  • Water

    Pink Dog-violet likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Pink Dog-violet is 0.10meters x 0.20meters 0.10 M 0.20 M

Viola riviniana 'Rosea'

The common dog violet is a native in Britain, and often found in woodlands and hedgerows. It flowers a little later than another native - the sweet violet, which is a scented violet, and has a darker spur behind the flower, whereas the common dog violet's spur is paler than the petals. 'Rosea' is a pink flowered dog violet


Propagation by seed

From Mid Summer TO Late Summer

Sow seeds for V.tricolor and V. wittrockiana in mid to late Summer, either outdoors in a damp shaded site, or boxes placed in a cold frame. Transplant the seedlings into nursery beds, 4 inches apart until they are moved to a flowering site in Autumn. Seedlings sown in the cold frame should be potted up to 3 inch pots of John Innes No 1 and overwintered in the cold frame and moved to the flowering site in Spring

 

Summer or winter flowering

From Late Spring TO Early Spring

The summer flowering hybrids are in bloom from late Spring to early Autumn. Winter flowering varieties usually bloom from mid Winter to mid Spring, occasionally in the Autumn.

 

Planting Outdoors

From Early Autumn TO Late Spring

Plant violas in Autumn or Spring. Plant in any fertile, moist but well drained soil in sun or partial shade.

 
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