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Sorbet Viola
Viola cornuta 'Sorbet'
Sorbet Viola blooms from March through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Sorbet Viola
Plant it in part sun. It prefers moderate water. Expect it to reach about 6 in tall and 8 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Sorbet Viola. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Sorbet Viola
Sorbet Viola is a cool-season annual: plant it out in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked, a few weeks before the last frost, since it takes light frost and fades in summer heat; in mild-winter zones it also goes in during fall. In a zone 5 garden that means April or May. It flowers from March to June.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Sorbet Viola get?
6 intall5 ft 7 inan adult8 inwideSee Sorbet Viola in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Sorbet Viola
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Sorbet Viola about 8 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Sorbet Viola to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Sorbet Viola's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom color and trait tags were checked against 8 published sources on October 27, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- app.lsuagcenter.comLSU AgCenterheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- mygardenlife.comMyGardenLifeheight, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- hoodsgardens.comHood's Gardenssun and bloom months and color
- catalog.panamseed.comPanAmerican Seedheight and spread
- Missouri Botanical Gardensun and water
- NC State Extensionsun and trait tags
- pender.ces.ncsu.eduNC Cooperative Extension, Pender Countybloom months and color
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societybloom months and color
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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