Peggy C's photos with the keyword: Violet

Soon to be Spring ..

21 Feb 2014 1 4 283
- a collage of beauty - how many more ? - wonders - they shall be - wonderfully enjoyed - and shared with you ~ (c) All Rights Reserved - from Better Homes and Gardens website: Violet Viola Who can't help but adore violets? Their cheerful "faces," often whiskered or otherwise marked, brighten the dreariest day in spring. Use them at the front of beds or borders as edging plants, as bedding plants, in containers and window boxes, in herb gardens, in wild gardens and in rock gardens too. There is a multitude of forms, many now winter hardy in cold climates, in all sizes and colors. Cut back straggly stems and deadhead routinely to prolong blooming. They self-seed freely, but are not invasive. Violets do best in lightly shaded places in soil that remains moist. - but some call them Pansy .. seems to depend on what one reads - - both are beauties !