Brush Strokes viola
Viola cornuta 'Brush Strokes'
USDA zones5 to 5
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size12 to 18 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Gold, purple, violet
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Brush Strokes' viola (Viola cornuta 'Brush Strokes') is an annual for borders, containers, and cottage gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy annuals and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Its fragrant gold, purple, and violet blooms attract butterflies and bees. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. Vigorous plants produce abundant, artful blooms in spring, summer, and autumn.
Pairs well with Foam flower, Japanese forest grass, and Ornamental onion.