The earliest spring color of the season — it lights up a bare-tree woodland edge before anything else wakes up.
Sunnier margins: the driveway edge and the front tree line.
Easy and adaptable. Best flowering with some morning sun. Well-drained soil.
Straight species, or 'Forest Pansy' (purple leaves), 'Rising Sun' (gold-orange foliage).
Widely available at garden centers.
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