Native Plants do well in the home landscape. The Birdfoot Violet pictured above is growing in a flowerbed near a walkway beside a local pond in Douglas county. This plant has spread to about 20 or so individuals. The flowerbed is under a small stand of pines which it seems to prefer. Other plants in this bed are Rosemary 'Irene', Dwarf Iris (Iris cristata), and a variety of Daisy species. The soil is fairly poor and acid. This Violet species prefers roadside type poor soil of red clay and sand. The flowerbed receives a very little morning sun only. It is watered only by rain water. This violet is easy to propagate either from cutting divisions or from seed. The flower is large and multicolored with various shades of lavendar and white and some variation in tone and pattern can be seen from plant to plant. The leaves are very finely divided giving it the name of 'birdfoot'.