Early Blue Violet
Viola adunca
Native perennial, also called ‘hooked-spur violet’. This violet has beautiful heart-shaped leaves and fragrant blue-purple spring and summer blooms. Both the leaves and flowers are edible! Beloved by many native pollinators and hosts to the larvae of many native butterflies and moths.
Full sun to full shade, and moist to dry soils. Tolerant of most garden conditions.
Size: 3.5”
You can see the blue-purple face of this native perennial blooming all over Portland right now, and in meadows, woodlands and disturbed areas across western Turtle Island. This beautiful groundcover grows by rhizomes with evergreen short, heart-shaped, deep green leaves that are sometimes fuzzy. Their flowers are long-lasting, blooming from spring through summer. They are tolerant and adaptable to most growing conditions and will easily spread throughout your garden by ants (yay!).
Their flowers are a food and habitat source for many pollinators and pest-eating insects. They support native bees and endangered butterfly species, such as the Oregon Silverspot and Mardon Skipper. They are a great addition to native butterfly restoration projects.
Their flowers and leaves are edible, medicinal and tasty! You can get creative with them in salads, vinegars, teas and edible decorating. Their leaves are very high in vitamins A and C and can be used to thicken soups and stocks, giving them the name "wild okra". Violets have been used medicinally for coughs, to soothe sore throats, as a laxative, and as a poultice for pain and bruises.
Viola adunca
Native perennial, also called ‘hooked-spur violet’. This violet has beautiful heart-shaped leaves and fragrant blue-purple spring and summer blooms. Both the leaves and flowers are edible! Beloved by many native pollinators and hosts to the larvae of many native butterflies and moths.
Full sun to full shade, and moist to dry soils. Tolerant of most garden conditions.
Size: 3.5”
You can see the blue-purple face of this native perennial blooming all over Portland right now, and in meadows, woodlands and disturbed areas across western Turtle Island. This beautiful groundcover grows by rhizomes with evergreen short, heart-shaped, deep green leaves that are sometimes fuzzy. Their flowers are long-lasting, blooming from spring through summer. They are tolerant and adaptable to most growing conditions and will easily spread throughout your garden by ants (yay!).
Their flowers are a food and habitat source for many pollinators and pest-eating insects. They support native bees and endangered butterfly species, such as the Oregon Silverspot and Mardon Skipper. They are a great addition to native butterfly restoration projects.
Their flowers and leaves are edible, medicinal and tasty! You can get creative with them in salads, vinegars, teas and edible decorating. Their leaves are very high in vitamins A and C and can be used to thicken soups and stocks, giving them the name "wild okra". Violets have been used medicinally for coughs, to soothe sore throats, as a laxative, and as a poultice for pain and bruises.
Viola adunca
Native perennial, also called ‘hooked-spur violet’. This violet has beautiful heart-shaped leaves and fragrant blue-purple spring and summer blooms. Both the leaves and flowers are edible! Beloved by many native pollinators and hosts to the larvae of many native butterflies and moths.
Full sun to full shade, and moist to dry soils. Tolerant of most garden conditions.
Size: 3.5”
You can see the blue-purple face of this native perennial blooming all over Portland right now, and in meadows, woodlands and disturbed areas across western Turtle Island. This beautiful groundcover grows by rhizomes with evergreen short, heart-shaped, deep green leaves that are sometimes fuzzy. Their flowers are long-lasting, blooming from spring through summer. They are tolerant and adaptable to most growing conditions and will easily spread throughout your garden by ants (yay!).
Their flowers are a food and habitat source for many pollinators and pest-eating insects. They support native bees and endangered butterfly species, such as the Oregon Silverspot and Mardon Skipper. They are a great addition to native butterfly restoration projects.
Their flowers and leaves are edible, medicinal and tasty! You can get creative with them in salads, vinegars, teas and edible decorating. Their leaves are very high in vitamins A and C and can be used to thicken soups and stocks, giving them the name "wild okra". Violets have been used medicinally for coughs, to soothe sore throats, as a laxative, and as a poultice for pain and bruises.