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Viola pedata. (V. pedata bicolor) Very attractive little clumps of dark green, deeply cut 
leaves about 2 inches high, topped with beautiful large pansy-like flowers of rich 
colors. The two upper petals are a deep velvety purple and the three lower ones are 
a clear pale lavender. This astonishing little plant is long lived and easy to grow 
if it is given a very well drained, sandy acid soil in full sun. (pH 4-5)’ 
Viola padata lineariloba. The same little tufts of Birds-Foot leaves but all the petals of 
the lovely large flowers are the same lavender color, Give it a well drained sandy 
acid soil in full sun. (pH 4-5) 
Viola pedata Tuscaloosa. A variety of the lovely Birds-foot Violet found on a hillside 
near Tuscaloosa Alabama. It has the same attractive leaves as the others but the 
charming lavender flowers are about twice the size of the others. It must have a 
well drained, sandy acid soil in full sun. (pH 4-5) This and the others produce 
their flowers in May and June and again in September and October. 
Viola priceana, (Confederate Violet) Quickly spreading masses of large heart-shaped 
leaves about 5 inches high with an abundance of large white flowers in Apr‘l and 
May. Each white flower has a dark blue spot in the center. Easy to grow in any 
ordinary garden soil in sun or light shade. (pH 5-7) It seeds itself freely therefore 
it should be watched. 
Viola priceana alba. An attractive variety of the foregoing with smaller leaves in more 
compact, less rampant clumps. The lovely white flowers have only a faint shading 
of blue. Give it any ordinary garden soil in sun or light shade. (pH 5-7) 
WALDSTEINIA, Barren Strawberry. (Rosaceae, Rose Family) 
Waldsteinia fragarioides. An excellent ground cover of extremely glossy green straw- 
berry leaves about five inches high. Small but showy vivid yellow flowers just 
above the evergreen foliage in May. An eastern American woodland plant that re- 
quires a rich acid loam or leafmold soil in shade or half shade. (pH 4-6) It is good 
as a ground cover under conifers, Rhododendrons and other dark shady places. 
ZINNIA, (Compositae, Daisy Family) 
Zinnia grandiflora. A thoroughly hardy, perennial Zinnia native to the Dakotas and 
perfectly adaptable to the rock garden. It forms clumps of gray-green linear leaves 
on decumbent stems about 5 inches high and bears lovely vivid yellow flowers from 
July to October, A wonderful summer blooming plant for the rock garden or 
wall garden. It must have a very well drained, gritty neutral to limy soil in full 
sun. (pH 7-8) 
