{"id":127,"date":"2002-01-06T21:24:38","date_gmt":"2002-01-07T02:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.5\/gardens\/gardenlog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2017-07-17T19:08:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T19:08:13","slug":"viola-cornuta-sorbet-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/plant-highlights\/viola-cornuta-sorbet-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola cornuta Sorbet Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the bluebonnets, larkspur, and love-in-a-mist, are all green and growing, about the only flowers in bloom this week are the violas. Violas are a miniature relative of the pansy. Both are popular winter bedding plants here in the south. I prefer the more delicate viola.<\/p>\n

Violas tolerate both cold and warm weather. Here in Austin they bloom constantly from whenever you plant them in mid-fall until late April or May; that is, whenever the temperatures rise above 94.<\/p>\n

The viola series I find most often at Austin nurseries are from the ‘Sorbet’ series. I especially like the pale yellow ‘Sorbet Lemon Chiffon’ and the pale blue. Although these sometimes reseed, F1 hybrid will not come true from seed.
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2002-03-27. Viola cornuta ‘Sorbet Yellow Frost’<\/i><\/p>\n

Notes<\/h4>\n

Violas need dark to germinate.<\/p>\n