There are about 400-500 species of annuals, biennials, evergreen, semi evergreen, and deciduous perennial (some rhizomatous), and a few deciduous sub shrubs, within the Violacea family make up this genus. \u00a0They occur naturally in varied habitats worldwide, with the greatest concentrations of species in North America, The Andes, and Japan. \u00a0They have variable, smooth edged, usually kidney to heart shaped leaves with stipules. \u00a0Some species are rosette forming and are very similar to Sempervivums. \u00a0The mostly unscented flowers, are usually solitary, rarely paired. \u00a0Each flowers has 5 petals: a lower petal sometimes with a spur, two side petals, and two upward facing upper petals. \u00a0Most flower profusely over long periods in summer. And may self-seed freely and become a nuisance.<\/p>\n
Many cultivars within the genus are informally referred to as garden pansies, violas, or violetta, they are a result of complex hybridization. \u00a0Garden pansies (V. x wittrockiana cultivars) are short lived perennials, with faintly scented or unscented, more or less rounded flowers often with patterned \u201cfaces\u201d. \u00a0Violas, sometimes referred to as tufted pansies, are compact, tufted perennials with usually scented, more or less rounded, often patterned flowers with rays (lines in a deeper or contrasting color). \u00a0Violettas are similar to violas, but are even more compact, with small, sweetly fragrant, oval flowers, each with a central yellow mark and no rays.<\/p>\n
The perennials and subshrubs are suitable for a rock garden, a scree bed, or the front of a border. \u00a0Treat garden pansies as annuals, biennials, or short lived perennials. \u00a0They are good for containers, some are suitable for bedding. \u00a0Others are winter or spring flowering, and are ideal for planting with spring flowering bulbs.<\/p>\n
Grow in fertile, humus rich, moist but well drained soil in full sun or partial shade. \u00a0In a rock garden grow in poor to moderately fertile, gritty, sharply drained soil in full sun or partial shade, protect from winter moisture. \u00a0Divide perennial species in autumn or spring.<\/p>\n
Prone to mosaic viruses, downy mildew, powdery mildew, crown rot, root rot, rust, gray mold (botrytis), spot anthracnose,<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and other fungal leaf spot, slugs and snails, aphids, <\/i><\/em>and violet leaf midge.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Viola pedata \u2013 Bird\u2019s Foot Violet \u2013 Crow Foot Violet <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 This clump forming, semi evergreen perennial from Eastern North America, grows 2\u201d tall and 4\u201d wide. \u00a0It produces 3 lobed leaves, to 1 \u00bc\u201d long, the 2 lateral lobes themselves divided into 3-5 linear or spoon shaped lobes, like a birds foot. \u00a0In late spring and early summer, bears yellow centered, pale violet flowers, 1 \u00bc\u201d across, and short spurs, to 1\/16\u201d long. \u00a0Flowers are sometimes white or bicolor, with dark violet upper petals and pale lilac lower ones. \u00a0Needs well-drained, peaty, acidic sandy soil, and tolerate sun with some midday shade.<\/p>\n Zones 4-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Viola \u2013 Violet \u2013 Heartsease \u2013 Pansy \u2013 Erpetion \u2013 There are about 400-500 species of annuals, biennials, evergreen, semi evergreen, and deciduous perennial (some rhizomatous), and a few deciduous sub shrubs, within the Violacea family make up this genus. \u00a0They occur naturally in varied habitats worldwide, with the greatest concentrations of species in North […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,32,41,31,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251360"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}