Viola Golden Blue - Pack of 6 Large Garden-Ready Plants

Discover the enchanting beauty of Golden Blue violas, a stunning variety that combines rich golden-yellow petals with distinctive deep blue markings for truly spectacular garden displays. This pack of six large, garden-ready plants delivers instant impact with their unique bicoloured blooms, providing months of continuous flowering throughout the cooler seasons.

Plant Description

Golden Blue violas showcase extraordinary flowers featuring bright golden-yellow petals adorned with striking deep blue to purple markings that create an almost painted appearance. The upper petals typically display the most prominent blue colouration, whilst the lower petals remain predominantly golden with delicate blue veining. Each compact plant produces an abundance of these distinctive blooms above neat, heart-shaped foliage, creating a truly eye-catching display. The plants arrive well-established with strong root systems and numerous buds ready to burst into flower.

Key Features

Unique Colouration: Rare bicoloured flowers combining golden yellow with deep blue markings

Extended Flowering: Blooms continuously from autumn through to late spring

Exceptional Hardiness: Survives harsh winter conditions with ease

Compact Habit: Perfect for small spaces, containers, and intricate planting schemes

Easy Care: Low maintenance once established with minimal intervention required

Pollinator Magnet: Early season nectar source for beneficial insects

Growing Requirements

Soil Conditions

Thrives in fertile, well-draining soil with good moisture retention. Performs best in slightly acidic to neutral soil (pH 6.0-7.0) enriched with organic matter. Tolerates various soil types but struggles in heavy clay or very sandy conditions without amendment.

Light Requirements

Prefers partial shade to filtered sunlight, particularly during the hottest part of the day. Can tolerate full sun in cooler climates but benefits from protection during intense afternoon sun to maintain flower colour intensity and extend blooming periods.

Spacing and Planting

Plant 12-18cm apart for optimal coverage and air circulation. Position at the same depth as in the original containers, ensuring the crown sits level with the soil surface. Firm gently around roots and water thoroughly to eliminate air pockets.

Care Instructions

Watering

Maintain consistent soil moisture without waterlogging. Water deeply at soil level rather than overhead to prevent fungal issues. During dry periods, water 2-3 times weekly, adjusting frequency based on weather conditions and soil type.

Feeding

Apply a balanced liquid fertiliser every 4-6 weeks during the growing season to maintain vigorous flowering. A light dressing of compost or well-rotted manure in early autumn provides slow-release nutrition throughout winter.

Deadheading and Pruning

Remove spent flowers regularly to encourage continuous blooming and prevent energy diversion to seed production. Cut back leggy growth by one-third in early summer to maintain compact shape and promote fresh flowering shoots.

Seasonal Maintenance

Very low maintenance plants requiring minimal intervention. Clear away any damaged foliage in late winter and apply fresh mulch around plants to suppress weeds and retain moisture.

Planting Suggestions

Mixed Container Displays

Combines beautifully with other viola colours, creating striking rainbow effects in window boxes, hanging baskets, and patio containers. Partner with trailing plants like ivy or bacopa for added texture.

Garden Borders

Excellent for edging pathways and flower borders where their unique colouration can be appreciated up close. Mass plant for dramatic sweeps of bicoloured blooms in larger spaces.

Rock Gardens

Perfect scale for rockery plantings where their compact size complements alpine plants and spring bulbs. The unusual flower colour adds interest to naturalistic settings.

Companion Plants

Partners exceptionally well with purple or white violas for colour harmony, primroses and polyanthus for spring interest, and silver-foliaged plants like dusty miller that enhance the golden tones. Combines beautifully with early bulbs such as crocuses and dwarf daffodils.

Expected Performance

Mature Size: 12-18cm height, 15-25cm spread

Flowering Period: October through May in favourable conditions

Flower Size: 2.5-3.5cm diameter

Growth Rate: Fast establishment with immediate flowering upon planting

Seasonal Growing Calendar

Autumn Establishment

Prime planting season when plants establish quickly in moderate temperatures. In bud and flower at time of planting, providing instant garden colour.

Winter Resilience

Continues flowering through mild winter spells. Extremely frost-hardy, tolerating temperatures down to -12°C without protection.

Spring Finishing

Finish flowering and self-seeds moderately if allowed to set seed naturally.

Special Characteristics

Colour Stability

The distinctive blue and yellow combination remains stable throughout the flowering season, with colours potentially intensifying in cooler weather conditions.

Wildlife Benefits

Provides valuable early nectar for emerging bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects when few other flowers are available.

Cut Flower Use

Excellent for small posies and miniature arrangements. The unusual colour combination creates striking indoor displays lasting 5-7 days in water.

Growing Tips for Success

Choose locations with morning sun and afternoon shade for optimal flower colour retention. Mulch around plants to maintain soil moisture and suppress weeds. Allow some natural self-seeding for informal cottage garden effects. Group in odd numbers for the most natural-looking displays.

Design Applications

Colour Schemes

Creates stunning contrasts with purple or deep blue flowers, harmonises beautifully with other warm yellows and oranges, and provides bright accents in pastel colour schemes.

Garden Styles

Perfect for cottage gardens, formal edging schemes, contemporary container displays, and naturalistic woodland plantings.

What's Included

Six robust Golden Blue viola plants in 9cm pots, each featuring well-developed root systems and multiple flower buds displaying the characteristic bicoloured blooms. Plants arrive healthy, pest-free, and ready for immediate planting in garden beds or containers.