groundcover layer
sweet violet
viola odorata
scented late-winter flowers for candying and salads, spreading on runners into a low fragrant carpet — early forage for bees and the food-plant of fritillary caterpillars.
functions
ground coverfood croppollinator forage
field guide
light
part shade
moisture
moderate
soil
humus-rich, moist
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relationships — grows well with
sweet woodruffgalium odoratum→lungwortpulmonaria angustifolia→wild strawberryfragaria vesca→oxlipprimula elatior→
see sweet violet on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around sweet violet
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- groundcover
- sweet violet — the anchor
- groundcover
- sweet woodruffwild strawberry