Viola Cornuta "Grandissimo Yellow Jump Up" 6Pack Seedlings

Cultivar Name: ‘Grandissimo Yellow Jump Up’
Common Names: Yellow Jump Up Viola, Grandissimo Viola, Yellow and Purple Viola, Bedding Viola

📌 Product Description

Viola cornuta ‘Grandissimo Yellow Jump Up’ is a bright and cheerful flowering plant known for its striking two-tone blooms featuring vibrant yellow petals with a contrasting deep purple face. Its lively colouring and compact growth habit make it an excellent choice for adding bold seasonal colour to the garden.

This variety produces masses of flowers over a long period and forms a neat, spreading mound, making it ideal for borders, containers, window boxes, and mass planting. In South African gardens, it thrives in cooler seasons, providing continuous colour through autumn, winter, and spring.

Colourful, hardy, and easy to grow, Viola cornuta ‘Grandissimo Yellow Jump Up’ is perfect for gardeners wanting reliable, high-impact bedding colour.

📏 Size When Fully Grown

Height: 15–20 cm
Spread: 20–30 cm
Growth Habit: Low-growing, compact, spreading annual/perennial (often grown as an annual)
Growth Rate: Fast

🌱 Best Growing Conditions

Light: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-draining, fertile soil enriched with compost
Water:
• Water regularly during establishment
• Keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged
• Avoid letting soil dry out completely
• Ensure good drainage

Feeding: Feed lightly with a balanced fertiliser during the growing season to promote continuous flowering.

Maintenance:
• Remove spent flowers to encourage more blooms
• Trim lightly if plants become leggy
• Replace plants after flowering season ends
• Very easy to maintain

🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

Best Planting Time: Autumn to early winter
Active Growth: Winter to early spring
Flowering Time: Winter to spring
Climate Suitability: Suitable for most South African regions during cooler seasons
Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light frost
Heat Tolerance: Declines in hot summer conditions

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Bright yellow and purple bicolour flowers
• Long flowering season
• Compact and neat growth
• Excellent for mass planting
• Easy-care and reliable

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Bedding and borders
✔ Patio containers
✔ Window boxes
✔ Mass planting
✔ Seasonal colour displays