Sweet Violet 'Sulphurea' (Viola odorata 'Sulphurea'): Pale Yellow Fragrant Flowers

'Sulphurea' is a rare cultivar of sweet violet with pale sulfur-yellow flowers instead of the typical purple. It retains the species' intense, sweet fragrance and heart-shaped leaves, offering a unique color for the spring shade garden.

Botanical Profile

• Family: Violaceae
• Genus: Viola
• Species: odorata
• Cultivar: 'Sulphurea'

Features

Forms a low clump 4–6 inches tall, spreading by stolons. Leaves are heart-shaped, dark green. Flowers are pale yellow, sweetly fragrant, borne on short stems in early spring. May rebloom in fall.

Culture

Part to full shade. Moist, rich, well-drained soil. Hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Divide in spring or fall. Self-seeds modestly.

Uses

Shade garden, woodland edge, rock garden, containers. Fragrant cut flowers.