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''Viola''. It has short-spurred, irregular [[flowers]] that are typically a purplish-blue ([[violet]]) color, but they can also have purple, blue, yellow, white, or | ''Viola''. It has short-spurred, irregular [[flowers]] that are typically a purplish-blue ([[violet]]) color, but they can also have purple, blue, yellow, white, or | ||
variegated flowers. The flowers have a sweet fragrance. They are easy to grow,and | variegated flowers. The flowers have a sweet fragrance. They are easy to grow,and | ||
| − | flower best when given sunlight in the spring, and shade in the summer. There are many varieties of Violets. <ref>http://www.canyoncreeknursery.com/violets.html</ref> The Violet is the [[state flower]] of [[Illinois]], [[New Jersey]], [[Rhode Island]] and [[Wisconsin]]. <ref>http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/statetreeflower.html</ref> | + | flower best when given sunlight in the spring, and shade in the summer. There are many varieties of Violets.<ref>http://www.canyoncreeknursery.com/violets.html</ref> The Violet is the [[state flower]] of [[Illinois]], [[New Jersey]], [[Rhode Island]] and [[Wisconsin]].<ref>http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/statetreeflower.html</ref> |
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*[http://www.americanvioletsociety.org/HistoryTraditions/Violet_State_Flowers.htm The American Violet Society] | *[http://www.americanvioletsociety.org/HistoryTraditions/Violet_State_Flowers.htm The American Violet Society] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:42, June 28, 2016
(This page describes the flower called "Violet", for the color violet, see Violet.)
A Violet is a leafy-stemmed, low growing, herbaceous plant of the genus Viola. It has short-spurred, irregular flowers that are typically a purplish-blue (violet) color, but they can also have purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers. The flowers have a sweet fragrance. They are easy to grow,and flower best when given sunlight in the spring, and shade in the summer. There are many varieties of Violets.[1] The Violet is the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.[2]