They are part of the Viola genus, which also includes pansies ... deeply divided into narrow segments. The sweet white violet has delicate white flowers that are tinged with pink or purple.

How lovely would it be to give or receive a sweet flowering plant ... called violets because the flowers resemble those of true violets. True violets are in the genus Viola in the family Violaceae ...

It is February's flower and the state flower in four of our United States. Some have described the violet with human attributes, such as a sweet or innocent face. A mythical king of Athens was ...

And so if you tend a garden in any of these towns, you can happily plant sweet violets and they should thrive. I have not personally discovered sweet violets in the San Gabriel Mountains but rely ...

Parma violets are the aristocrats of the genus, with a swoon-worthy fragrance ... On a more practical note, every part of the sweet violet plant — leaves, flowers, roots and seeds — is ...

The flowers last well in water and have a most distinctive sweet perfume. IMMENSELY popular about a century ago, a nosegay of violets was a much-appreciated gift. These flowers were grown ...

A photo is very helpful. Q: I planted sweet violet in my flower beds, and it likes its location. It likes its location so well it has left the flower beds and is aggressively taking over the lawn.

Sweet violets can been eaten raw, distilled into perfumes, and have been used as a laxative and a cure for bronchitis for millennia. The Romans made a sweet wine from the flowers. They were also ...

And it's an age-old pleasure: the sweet violet is one of the world's most cherished flowers.Over 2 000 years ago, the Greeks were already growing them for the Athens market and the Roman poet ...