| Neatly divided between dark burgundy-red and rich golden-yellow, these perfect Viola blooms are formal enough for a pattern planting or stately container, yet they are so large-flowered, abundant, and long-blooming that you might just have to use them in the annual bed and along the garden path as well. Viola Floral Power Orange Red Wing (what a mouthful --let's call it Floral Power!) has taken Europe by storm, walking away with the rarely-given Fleuroselect Gold Medal. Now it is ready to win you over with its long, abundant, beautiful blooms over 2 or even 3 seasons a year! Floral Power is a cool-season annual, flowering in spring and fall with a bit of summer action in the north, and from mid-fall through mid-spring farther south. Hardy to -15 degrees F and just 4 inches high, 6 inches wide, it is very compact and low-growing, but what an impact!! At 3/4-inch wide, the blooms are large by Viola standards, and each is a perfect little pattern, right down to the pencil-stroke whiskers and tiny white flare! The flowers arise very, very profusely on this little plant, letting you snip a few for nosegays or buttonieres (let's face it -- they're irresistible!) while still keeping enough on the plant for a full, colorful display. Much more weather-tough than Pansies, Violas don't mind the rough storms of spring and the cold snaps of fall, and Floral Power is the very toughest of the tough! And as if all this weren't enough, Floral Power begins blooming nearly a month before most other varieties, getting your Viola season underway much more quickly. It keeps flowering continuously over a very long season, tolerating frosts without dropping a petal. This is a Viola just made for climates where others have suffered! Consider combining Floral Power with whisker-faced Angel Tiger Eye or new Skippy XL Plum-Gold. It is spectacular in a mass planting, and perfect for containers from flowerpots to window boxes. Use it freely throughout the cool-season garden, adding eyecatching, distinctive colors to the landscape. Packet is 25 seeds. |
