VIOLA PAPUANUM

Description

This very rare, spectacular, and the tiniest of dwarf gems does best in a shady corner or a pot out of the sun, where it makes an attractive, slowly creeping and rooting carpet of tiny hairy leaves with miniature yellow-eyed, pale blue blossoms. These appear mainly in the spring, but it will gently flower throughout the year if happy. It will also make a superb ground cover beneath other taller plants, either in a conservatory or in a greenhouse. Sent to us labelled 'Seed Collected Alpine Papua New Guinea' and certainly not yet in wide cultivation,

Sowing Advice

For best results, sow immediately onto a good soil-based compost. Cover the seeds with fine grit or compost to approximately their own depth. They can be sown at any time, and germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. We sow most seeds in an unheated greenhouse and wait for natural germination, as many seeds have built-in dormancy mechanisms, often waiting for natural spring germination, hence giving them a full season of growth.

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