Perennials

Viola glabella (Yellow Violet)

Viola glabella

Also known as Stream Violet

$3.95

Size

☀SunPart shade to full shade
💧WaterModerate to high
🌡Zones4-8
🦌DeerResistant
🌊CoastalSuitable

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About This Plant

Viola glabella (Yellow Violet), 'Yellow Violet', is valued for seasonal interest and the role it plays in PNW garden borders.

An ornamental perennial valued for its seasonal flower display and the role it plays in the garden border.

Full sun to part shade suits this species. Plant in moist, well-drained soil. Hardy USDA Zone 5 to 9. Provide consistent moisture during establishment. Cut back in late fall or early spring.

For a Pacific Northwest native perennial of similar character, consider Aquilegia formosa (Western Red Columbine), Tellima grandiflora (Fringecups), or Dicentra formosa (Pacific Bleeding Heart) , all support native pollinators.

Plant Details

Botanical
Viola glabella
Common name
Stream Violet
Lifecycle
Annual
Mature size
4-12 in tall × 6-12 in wide
Growth rate
Slow
Bloom time
Early to mid spring
Bloom color
Yellow
Foliage color
Green

Care Notes

Plant in humus-rich, consistently moist, well-drained soil in part to full shade. Spreads by rhizome into a low colony; allow space to naturalize. Self-sows gently. Protect from deer and rabbits; violet foliage is readily browsed.

Garden Attributes

  • Pacific NW native
  • Deer resistant
  • Coastal suitable
  • Grown organically
  • Pollinator value: Bees, Bumblebees
  • Wildlife: Larval host, Pollinator support
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