Viola wittrockiana - Benary

Technical Information
Life Cycle: Annual/Biennial
Uses: Containers, perennial beds, landscape borders,
full sun to partial shade
Germination: 4-7 days at 62-68 °F (15-18 °C).
Cover seeds lightly with vermiculite. Do not keep too wet.
Plug Culture: Stage II (5-8 days) maintain temperatures of
62-68 °F (15-18 °C). Stages III and IV (4-5 weeks), 55-62 °F
(13-16 °C), 100 ppm N weekly alternating 20-10-20 and 14-0-14.
Growing on: Transplant after 6-7 weeks into packs or pots
and grow on at 50-55 °F (10-13 °C). Fertilize weekly with
100-150 ppm N using 14-0-14 to promote root growth and
compact habit. Supplement with calcium nitrate and potassium
with magnesium, boron and other micronutrients.
Cultural Hints: Do not over fertilize or over water.
Avoid urea and ammonium nitrogen fertilizers.
‘Blue Angel’ ‘Blue Velvet’ ‘Deep Blue with Blotch’
‘Lemon with Red Blotch’
‘Terracotta’
Timing
‘Purple’ ‘Violet & Yellow’ ‘Purple & Orange’ ‘Purple & White’
‘Blue with Blotch’ ‘True Blue’ ‘Silver Blue
with Blotch’
‘Lilac Shades’ ‘Carmine
with Blotch’
‘Lavender Pink’
‘Rose’ ‘Ruby’
‘Red with Blotch’ ‘Scarlet’ ‘Deep Orange’ ‘Yellow with
Red Wing’
‘Yellow with Blotch’ ‘Golden Yellow’ ‘Primrose’ ‘White’
‘White with
Red Blotch’
Recommended date of transplanting
Week
‘White with Blotch’
Sales
Week
‘Thriller’ ® 27-32 33-37
‘Inspire’ ®
31-37
41-45
‘Cats’ ® 41-45 9-15
‘Aero’
‘Lilac with Blotch’ ‘Peach Shades’
Improved
28-37
41-45
36-44
6-15
33-44
6-15
Biennials
9