Celestial Northern Lights viola
Viola cornuta 'Celestial Northern Lights'
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Blue, purple, white
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Celestial Northern Lights' viola (Viola cornuta 'Celestial Northern Lights') is a perennial for borders, containers, rock gardens, and ground cover. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping, evergreen mat with fragrant blue, purple, and white blooms in spring, summer, and autumn. Bees and butterflies visit the flowers. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Ballade tulip, Burgundy Glow bugle, and Fringed bleeding heart.