Viola 'Arkwright Ruby'
Viola 'Arkwright Ruby' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Arkwright Ruby' is an medium-sized, fragrant, profuse bloomer with flowers of a beautiful coppery, ruby-crimson colour shading to terracotta. Violas are delightful cool season flowers for edging or containers. Our top pick as an edible flower; decorative, tasty and nutritious. Flowers have a slight wintergreen flavour and are high in vitamin C; leaves in vitamin A. Use the flowers and young leaves in salads. It is drought tender.
Product: Viola 'Arkwright Ruby'
Product type: SEED (125)
Botanical name: Viola cornuta
Arkwright Ruby' is an medium-sized, fragrant, profuse bloomer with flowers of a beautiful coppery, ruby-crimson colour shading to terracotta. Violas are delightful cool season flowers for edging or containers. Our top pick as an edible flower; decorative, tasty and nutritious. Flowers have a slight wintergreen flavour and are high in vitamin C; leaves in vitamin A. Use the flowers and young leaves in salads. It is drought tender.
Plant type: Annual, frost resistant, low growing flower to 20 - 22 cm high
Sow when: Germinate best at 17 - 20°C
Temperate: March to August
Subtropical: March to June
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 4 - 7 days
Depth: 3 mm deep, cover with fine sand
Position: Full sun to partial shade
Sow where: Sow in seedling trays for later transplanting
Soil type: Prefer moist, rich soil
Details: Dead-heading prolongs flowering
Harvest: 60 - 70 days to flowering; pick flowers once fully open to use in the kitchen; remove the stamens and wash well, store on damp paper towel in the fridge