Violets blooms in several different colors, which are purple, pink, white, and yellow. Violets are a great addition to any herb garden. When the violets bloom, which is in the spring and early summer, the air if full of a wonderful fragrance.
Many of the violets are woodland plants that would prefer to have a shady and moist growing environment. Some of the species, grow in a variety of habitats.
The seeds needs to be stratified for a minimum of three months, then the seeds need to be sown indoors in early spring. The seeds prefers to have dark conditions to germinate, which occurs off the on the several months. The plants can be transplanted outdoors in the middle to late spring. These clumping plants reseeds vigorously. The violets has to be space 6 to 8 inches apart and the plants need to be water moderately to heavily.
Violets likes full sun, partial shade, and shade depending on which of the species that are being planted. Violets prefers o soil high in organic matter.
Violets like to grow with other plants, such as sweet woodruff, self-heal and skullcap.
The leaves are hand-picked at any time during the growing season for harvesting this herb. Pick the flowers in the spring, but some of the flowers need to be left on for seed production.
The leaves can be added to salads or the leaves can be used as a lettuce substitute on sandwiches. The leaves and flowers are the parts of the violet and they are used fresh or dry.
The violet flowers can be added to many different foods, which are, fruit and leafy salads to cakes, cream cheese spreads, herb butters, jellies, and herbal flower honey. The flowers can be put into beverages like limeade for a festive look. The violet flowers can be frozen in an ice-cube tray, and then put a cube into iced tea.
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