Viola cornuta F1 'Penny Primrose Picotee' – Elegant two-tone Viola with refined edge markings

Viola cornuta F1 'Penny Primrose Picotee' is a refined and graceful viola from the well-known Penny series, beloved for its beautiful picotee markings: a soft primrose-yellow center surrounded by a subtle, contrasting color that gives the flower added depth and elegance. This variety combines excellent uniformity, robust growth, early flowering, and a compact structure, making it ideal for both professional growers and enthusiastic gardeners.

With its soft color accents and charming appearance, 'Penny Primrose Picotee' is a real eye-catcher in pots, containers, hanging baskets, and borders. It performs excellently in both spring and autumn plantings and maintains its shape and profusion of blooms even under challenging conditions.

Key Features

• Botanical name: Viola cornuta F1

• Cultivar: 'Penny Primrose Picotee'

• Color: Yellow/primrose base color with a contrasting picotee edge

• Height: 15–20 cm

• Growth habit: Compact, bushy, non-sprawling

• Flowering: Early, uniform, long lasting and with strong repetition

• Location: Sun to partial shade

• Uses: Pots, balcony boxes, hanging baskets, borders, mixed containers and landscape planting

The refined picotee edge gives this cultivar a classic yet playful appearance, perfect for both modern and traditional garden designs.

Strengths and benefits

1. Robust and uniform plant quality

Like all cultivars in the Penny series, 'Primrose Picotee' offers an excellent branching habit, robust root development, and very uniform growth. This ensures not only reliable performance in the garden but also a high-quality product for professional cultivation.

2. Less use of growth regulators

Thanks to its natural compactness and robust plant habit, there's less need for growth regulators. This makes 'Penny Primrose Picotee' a more sustainable choice for growers and a reliable plant for consumers.

3. Early and consistent flowering

The Penny series is known for its early flowering windows and the consistency of color and flower shape across varying weather conditions. 'Primrose Picotee' also blooms remarkably quickly and continues to bloom for a long time.

4. Perfect performance in garden and landscape

This viola retains its shape and color, even in cool, wet, or changeable weather. Thanks to its strong structure and good branching, it performs excellently in:

• mass plantings

• borders and front gardens

• patio and balcony boxes

• hanging baskets

• mixed spring and autumn containers

The soft colours are surprisingly versatile and combine beautifully with pastel shades, white, purple-blue and pink.

Location and care

'Penny Primrose Picotee' thrives in a sunny to partially shaded location and requires little soil, as long as it is well-drained.

Care tips

• Keep the soil slightly moist, especially during warm periods.

• Remove faded flowers regularly to prolong flowering.

• Combine with violas from the same series for a uniform look, or with contrasting spring bloomers such as primroses, stocks, alyssum, or ornamental grasses.

Its modest height, compact structure and long-lasting flowering period make this cultivar ideal for both large projects and small balcony boxes or decorative bowls.

Why choose Viola cornuta F1 'Penny Primrose Picotee'?

'Penny Primrose Picotee' is the perfect choice for those seeking charming color, exceptional uniformity, and strong garden performance. The picotee markings give it an elegant, luxurious appearance, while the plant itself is robust, reliable, and versatile.

Whether you're a professional grower or want to fill your balcony with soft pastel shades: with this cultivar you bring a beautiful, easy-to-maintain Viola into your home that will continue to surprise you all season long.

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