Celestial Northern Lights Hardy Viola – 5 Pack Of Quarts

If you love Pansies but are sad to see them go when temperatures begin to warm in spring, meet ‘Celestial’, a cute Viola featuring loads of deliciously fragrant pansy-like flowers from spring to early summer then reblooming sporadically throughout summer and into fall. The large, nearly 2-inch flowers have vibrant purple petals with the lower petal splashed in orange and yellow. Very adaptable, this hardy clump-forming perennial can take the heat and the cold, thriving from Zone 4a in the north to Zone 8a in the South. In cooler climates it will grow in full sun to full shade however prefers shade in the afternoon in hot climates (Zone 7a-8b). Its smaller stature to 8 inches tall and wide makes it a fine choice as an accent plant or in groupings in smaller garden spaces or as a solo or combination container gardens. 

Celestial Northern Lights Hardy Viola is ideal for use as a low border or grouping in garden beds or along paths and walkways. Excellent as a solo or combined with other plants in containers that can be situated on patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living spaces where the pretty flowers and fragrance can be enjoyed from close up. A fine addition to cottage gardens, woodland gardens, rock gardens and yellow theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  12″ apart for mass plantings or border

Celestial Northern Lights Hardy Viola is easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil of average fertility and full sun to full shade, depending on your location. In Zones 5 to 7 it can be grown in full to to full shade. In the warmer climate of zones 8 and 9 we suggest some shade during the afternoon to all-day shade. Morning and evening sun are ok.