I am sure you have seen the regular Johnny Jump Up, but have you seen his girlfriend, Penny Peach?
 
Soft peach kissed petals with rosy-lavender tones and that classic “little face!"
Penny ‘Peach Jump Up’ brings sweet, cool-season color to pots, window boxes, and the front of the border. Plants stay compact and tidy with a neat, mounded habit, blooming their heads off in spring and again when nights cool in fall. They’re perfect for mixing with tulips and ranunculus in spring planters or trailing over the edge of baskets where kids and pollinators can’t resist.
 
Grown for reliable flower power, this viola keeps its color beautifully in cool weather and shrugs off light frost. In hot spells it will pause, then pop back as soon as temperatures ease. The plants are naturally petite, great for tight spaces and the flowers have that classic viola fragrance on sunny afternoons.
 
🌱 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 wide
 
This is for 20 seeds