Family: Violaceae (Violet
Family)
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Hardiness Zones: 3-8
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Height: 4-8 inches
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Spread: 6-9 inches
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Bloom Time: May to June
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Bloom: deep blue-violet, 3/4 inch bloom;
five slightly-elongated petals, three bearded, on leafless stalks; fruit: oval
capsule bursts to release brown seeds
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Light: full to part
sun; intolerant of deep shade
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Soil: rich,
well-drained loamy or sandy soil
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Moisture: medium;
intolerant of drought
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Use: ground cover;
naturalizing; massed border fronts; rock, cottage, and prairie gardens; larval host plant to fritillary butterflies; attracts bee (digger bees, mason bees, sweat bees, long-horned bees) who collect pollen and/or suck nectar
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Care: low maintenance
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Concerns: no serious
insect or disease problems; crown rot may occur in poorly-drained soils
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Native to: Saskatchewan to
Ontario, south to Oklahoma and Arkansas; Wisconsin native
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Notes: erect,
clump-forming perennial; leaves basically stemless and toothed, often deeply
and irregularly lobed; fibrous root system; spreads by rhizomes; freely
self-seeds in optimum conditions; deer-resistant; an indicator plant of
high-quality prairie remnants
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Supplier: The Flower
Factory; Seeds from Prairie Moraine County Park grown at Bluestem Farm
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Demonstration Prairie I041; Pollinator Garden C129
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