White Deciduous Violets

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  1. Jewell

    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I was given starts of this hardy little violet years and years ago. Thought I lost it when I removed a bed and put in pavers. It reappeared a couple of years ago and has seeded itself around the major outdoor living area. I love the bright white splash on the front of the smoke shack.

    I was told it was from Canada, but have never been able to identify it nor have I seen anything like it in the garden centers. If anyone has an idea of its variety please share.

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    It has even manage to place a seedling in my monkey planter of sedums.

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    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Thanks Carolyn, I really appreciate the info. It is always interesting to see what is common in one place is uncommon in another. After all these years I now wonder if another one of my favorite plants has made it to the invasive list. Seems like a few have at least for my region.
     
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    You are welcome. there are like 500 different ones. some are common some are not so common. we have yellow ones and white ones and different shades of purple ones. I have never cultivated any of them into a flowerbed... that would be a disaster for me. they grow quite readily without help here as it is.
     
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    Jewell, they are lovely!! I like how the white violets reflect the white of your smoke shack.

    I have a purple violet that looks like yours. It is very mannerly, doesn't spread all over the place. In New England we also have a wild kind of violet, smaller than yours & lavender flowered. It spreads itself everywhere! Through the lawn, etc.
     
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    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Yes, this particular variety does appear to be prolific. I have two very different purple varieties with entirely different growth habitats. One was a gift that escaped and the other is mainly just leaves and not very attractive.
     
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    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    CM I like the idea of violets in the lawn. A violet or English daisy lawn would be my ideal landscape with maybe some snowdrops thrown into the mix for early spring blooms.
     
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    I like the monkey planter Jewell!
     
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    There are some lawns that have white violets growing in the grass.
     
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    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I should take some seed and see if I can get some white violets started where the snow drops are planted. That would make a nice transitional planting.
     
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    This little white violet is a Jasmine. There is a variety of this plant, like winter jasmine, white jasmine, Arabian jasmine, etc.
     
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    @Jewell, Would you not have to actually dig up violets and replant them? Do violets grow from seed?
     
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    Jewell, they may grow thick enough rhizomes to inhibit the snow drops from pushing through... try it is a small place first. I know our violets grow really dense rhizomes under the grapes where they get established that there is nothing else growing through them.
     
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    This particular species of violet can be propagated by seed or rhizomes and can be quite prolific.

    Good information Carolyn. I have a few invasive plants that were not considered such 35 years ago when we moved onto this property. Thanks for the advice.
     
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    I had the purple wild violets growing in our woods and when we moved, I took some along. Needless to say they spread like wild fire and we dug them out of the yard for years. The white is pretty too but I haven't noticed any anywhere.
     

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