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The first owner of our house had beds of violets across the back of the entire house, very pretty in spring. I've been fighting them for 25 years, and I'm not winning, they are everywhere. I didn't know about the 2nd flower, that explains the tiny baby ones every spring. Thanks for the information.
Are you (I'm sure you are) including those adorable Johnny-jump-ups as violets? I hadn't read this article yet, but they looked SO adorable nestled in the lawn. . . I thought I hope she's not going to tell me to pull these out too! Well? I don't mind the cute flowers, but the fleshy man-eating roots (that is what you said, right?) might be a little much for us. Please advise. . . I don't know where they came from; they probably hitched a ride in a pack of pansies some spring. They're here now.
I don't think they're known to be cleistogamous, and they're usually considered annuals. Only the perennial violets develop the fleshy roots, after several years.
Well, they're perennially in my lawn, and I'm glad to hear they won't grow old and hideous. [Pansy vs. violet? Hmmm. Need to learn more.] Thank you. Lois, for the information.
They are all violas, but pansies are bred for larger flowers and are usually considered cool-season annuals. But then, not all pansies are the same, either.
LOL Kathy, I have them all over. I welcome them.I live in the woods and have no lawn.
Whatever comes up is welcome and i have surprises every year
Vickie
The blossums are also edible.
Welcome to my world neighbor. They are indeed never ending. You dig & dig & dig and they are always there. When I learned about the spitting seeds hopelessness dawned on me, they are here forever.
Cassie - across the river at Fairview Heights, IL
