KEY
- Award of Garden Merit (RHS Award) indicating a plant that is rated excellent for garden use, of good constitution, and not requiring specialist conditions to grow well.
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- Fully hardy
- **
- Hardy to -5°C
- *
- Unlikely to withstand a frost
- T
- Tender
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- New addition to this year's catalogue.
View Family: Viola
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