Excellent for massing, edging, rock gardens and in mixed containers. This strain produces clear white blossoms, with a tiny yellow eye and sometimes a flush of icy blue. All pansies are short-lived perennials, usually lasting a couple of seasons.

They grow best in humusy, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. They tend to bloom during cooler weather and stop during the heat of summer. There are many cultivars that extend the color palette.

Viola cornuta 'Cleopatra' (C) is a compact, spreading, evergreen perennial with ovate, toothed, dark green leaves and, from spring to early autumn, fragrant, purple-flushed, creamy-white flowers with purple veins.

This invasive nature makes it an excellent groundcover or a wildflower in a naturalized site. Sweet violets have also been planted for as long as gardens have existed.

Here are the ones you can eat: Viola cornuta, Viola hybrida, Viola tricolor, Viola x williamsiana, Viola odorata. Viola 'Heartsease' earned its name as historically it was used as a medicinal herb and even a love potion.. . . . .364011233375!]0000000000000009783314146644!]