Sweet Violet (Viola odorata) HP/BB/BN
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One of our best loved wildflowers, they are the only strongly scented wild violet, bearing deep purple or white flowers amongst heart-shaped leaves. The flowers are full of nectar and brilliant for the early bees. They look lovely when planted with primroses in a woodland garden or underneath later flowering deciduous shrubs. Sweet violets have long been grown for their perfume, the oil is extracted from the petals. Also used medicinally, a syrup being made from the flowers. In the wild sweet violets are widespread throughout England in woodland margins and shade hedge banks. Ht 10-15cm (4-6in)