A rich, jewel-toned blend of velvety purples, smoky mauves, and deep blackcurrant shades that add a moody elegance to any cool-season garden. These compact, cheerful bloomers are ideal for containers, window boxes, edging, or tucked between spring bulbs. With their sweet, subtle fragrance and velvety petals, they offer long-lasting color that persists through frist. Hardy and easy to grow, these violas perform best in full sun to partial shade and cooler temperatures.
 
Violas are perennials by nature. They can survive multiple seasons in mild climates where winters are not too harsh and summers are not too hot. 
 
🌱 Time to Plant Viola Seeds (by USDA Zone)
 
Zones 3–4 (cold winters, short growing season)
Start indoors: Early to mid-June
Transplant outdoors: Late July to early August for fall bloom
Spring bloom: Start seeds indoors in late January to early February; transplant in April
Violas are best as spring bloomers here unless you can protect them over winter with mulch or low tunnels.
 
Zones 5–6
Fall bloom: Start seeds indoors in June–July; transplant outdoors in August
Spring bloom: Start indoors in late January to mid-February; transplant outside in March–April
These zones can handle fall planting if seedlings are well established by the first frost.
 
Zone 7
Fall bloom: Start seeds indoors in late June to early July; plant outdoors in late August
Spring bloom: Sow indoors in January for early spring planting
You can plant violas in fall for color through winter and early spring, especially with a mild winter.
 
Zone 8
Fall bloom: Start seeds in July; plant outside by mid-September
Spring bloom: Start in late December to early January indoors if needed
Fall-planted violas will often bloom through winter into early spring.
 
Zone 9
Best as fall/winter annuals
Start indoors: August
Transplant outdoors: Mid-September to October
Avoid summer planting — it’s too hot. These are great winter bloomers in mild climates.
 
Zone 10–11 (hot climates)
Fall/winter only
Start seeds indoors in August–September
Transplant outdoors in October–November
 
Plant only when temperatures begin cooling down — violas will bloom through winter and early spring but won’t survive summer heat.
 
Short-lived perennial/biennial/annual based on growing zone (varies, zones 3-11)
 
Grows 6-8 inches tall and also 8-10 inches wide
 
This is for 25 seeds