An old fashioned favourite with delicate tricolour faces. Delightful for edging, beds and tubs.
Features: An old fashioned favourite with delicate tricolour faces.
Sowing Guide - Indoors: Sow indoors to flower the same year, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place on a warm windowsill. A temperature of 15-20oC (60-68oF) is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant seedlings to other trays 5cm (2") apart when large enough to handle. (Always handle by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 15cm (6") apart, when frosts are over.
Sowing Guide - Outdoors: Sow outdoors thinly in a seed bed, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2") apart before planting out to flowering position from late summer onwards, spacing 15cm (6") apart. Remove dead flowers to prolong flowering season.
Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
Position: Part shade
Hints & Tips: A late summer feed helps plants flower into the autumn. The name Heartease derives from giving a posy of violas to ones true love.
