Viola 'Sorbet'
Viola 'Sorbet' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Sorbet' is an early, profuse bloomer with 3.5 cm flowers in shades of blackberry, blueberry, vanilla, lemon and lavender. 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. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.
Product: Viola 'Sorbet'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Viola cornuta
Sorbet' is an early, profuse bloomer with 3.5 cm flowers in shades of blackberry, blueberry, vanilla, lemon and lavender. 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. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.
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