What to do with left over violas?

[Burritoe]

I’ve got about 24 violas left sitting in trays - any ideas what to do with them? I’m just learning about gardening, but have read they aren’t really a summer plant? Thank you

They'll be perfectly fine in summer. It's not that they're not a summer plant, it's that people tend to use them as winter bedding because they're one of a much smaller number of plants that flower in colder temperatures.

But if you put violas into summer bedding they will cope just fine. I actually think they're really pretty in summer hanging baskets - much daintier than begonias or busy lizzies.

They will tend to get leggy eventually, but you can cut them back to the base and they'll re-grow; they will also set seed like mad.

I'll take them

Thank you! They’re so pretty I love them. Will find somewhere to put them. Bed, pot or basket?

Violas will be fine in either bed, pot or basket. The slugs and rabbits eat mine so I’d suggest pots or baskets to keep them out of reach a bit.