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I'm sure that most of the comments posted here are NOT about Viola odorata. The negative reviews, especially, seem to be about native spe...Read More
In northeast CO I have a violet growing freely in the gardens which I did not knowingly plant, but think it might be V. odorata. I did re...Read More
I live in SE Colorado, zone 5-6, in a rural area surrounded by prairie. When I first moved to my 114 year old home 36 years ago, I really...Read More
I wonder how many gardeners here are writing about one or more of our native North American rhizomatous violets rather than V. odorata. I...Read More
I suppose some will say that violets are invasive because they get in amongst the lawn grass, but for me the only reason for lawn grass i...Read More
reading all the comments about this violet I am wondering if we are talking about the same plant. The scent this early in the year (mine...Read More
Don't really grow it, kinda grows on its own but isn't annoying like dandelions. My grandmother actually has some in her yard that are w...Read More
I must first say that I am a very responsible gardener and absolutely do not allow any noxious weeds to live in my yard.
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Very pretty - very invasive.
Needs constant policing in a flowerbed. Once established in your lawn, it readily moves into neighbor...Read More
Pros: Fast growing ground cover, grows in shade or sun, herbal/medicinal usages, pretty flowers.
Cons: Invasive, hard to control o...Read More
To me it is noxious - it seem to prefer lawns better than gardens - they will sometimes cross with the white form - Alba and products flo...Read More
I just cannot grow this plant for some reason, it just lives, does not thrive. I rarely see a flower and if I do inspect it I see flower...Read More
I received a Heirloom variety small plant from a 50+ years old garden from a Professor at my University. They are really adapted to my tr...Read More
I've never had trouble keeping my violets in bounds. I have them planted in clumps around the edge of a flowerbed, and every spring I yan...Read More
I saw these small but pretty flowers growing all in the ditch near my mailbox and thought they looked sort of like my Johnny jump-ups a...Read More
Extremely invasive and almost impossible to get rid of. This year I haven't even tried to dig out as I've had so many failures in the pa...Read More
Sweet violet is an attractive little plant with some uses. The flowers can be candied and eaten, or used in cooking or salads. (I have a ...Read More
A friend gave me a start of violets several years ago.She told me that someday I would not thank her for this addition to my garden becau...Read More
At my home in Seattle, Washington, this plant has become invasive--taking over a quarter of my strawberry bed and showing up in other nea...Read More
Widely naturalised but originating in Western Europe. Small, spreading (by rooting stolons) plant with rounded/heart shaped, slightly ha...Read More