Common Dog Violet Plug Plants | Viola riviniana hedging mixtures and makes a good barrier

and makes a good barrier against wind

Ideal for sowing alongside hedgerows

A perennial native wildflower species which produces an abundance of blue to blue-violet pin cushion flowers from June through to September

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Common Dog Violet Plug Plants | Viola riviniana hedging mixtures and makes a good barrierCommon Dog Violet Plug Plants Viola riviniana Common names include dog violet and wood violet. A small native perennial plant with purple pansy like flowers which grows up to 15cm in height, the common dog violet is found widespread across the UK in woodland edges, heaths, grassland and shady hedge banks. It flowers from April to June, thriving in all soil types except very acidic or very wet. Very like the sweet violet in appearance, but unscented.