Viola pedata Blue Bibb Myriopteris emerging from a slowly spreading

emerging from a slowly spreading rhizome

starting for us in mid-March with thin green and green/violet petals

The large golden foliage with a nice piecrust edge forms a distinctive 18" tall x 3' wide beacon in the woodland garden

adorned with attractive interlacing spines

The leaves are edged with the exaggerated papery spines

Viola pedata Blue Bibb Myriopteris emerging from a slowly spreadingViola 'Blue Bibb' is an amazing 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of our selection of our Southeast native Viola pedata from our 2011 collection in Bibb County, Alabama. Viola 'Blue Bibb' has amazing vigor and huge flowers in addition to being the longest flowering Viola pedata selection we've ever seen. For us, the cutleaf evergreen rosette begins in early December, and continues virtually non stop through spring. Okay, so it does slow down