Viola hederacea Highlight Like the rest of that

Like the rest of that clan

Ernest Wilson came across this shrub in the late summer of 1901

Like other violets

a Philadelphia botanist whose name lives on in this small clan of southeastern mints

and Dirr calls this species only "a possibility for use in the South (Zone 7-B)

Viola hederacea Highlight Like the rest of thatSometimes known as Erpetion reniforme, this is a pretty little trailing plant with small kidney shaped leaves and numerous little half white, half lilac blue flowers on erect two to three inch stems. It grows well in shady or semi shady moist soil and could be used to cascade down a slope or wall. It is hardy in the warmer zones and a greenhouse plant in the North.