Mr Fothergills Viola Johnny Jump Up 150 Seeds

Viola - Johnny Jump Up

This is an old fashioned 'heartsease' with cheerful small and dainty faces. It would be lovely as edging or when allowed to naturalise. Can be treated as hardy biennial or a half-hardy annual, reaching the height of 15cm.

Sow indoors, from February to April, to flower the same year, 0.5cm deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place on a warm kitchen windowsill. A temperature of 15-20°C is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant to other trays, 5cm apart, when large enough to handle. Always hold by a leaf, never by the stem. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out into well-drained soil, from May to October, 15cm apart, when frosts are over. Or, sow thinly, outdoors, from May to July to flower the following year, in a seed bed, 0.5cm deep, into finely-prepared, well-drained soil, which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm apart, before planting out to flowering position from late summer onwards, spacing 15cm apart. Flowers from May to October. Remove dead heads to prolong the flowering season.