Few people would not recognize the flower representing our coldest month – the violet, cousin to pansy. Violets convey faithfulness, wisdom and hope. In Victorian Britain gifting someone with violets meant that the giver would always be true.
Violets come in purple for sure, but in Nova Scotia they are also white or yellow or a combination of those colours. Early spring arrivals, these plants also produce flowers we rarely see and that never open, amongst the leaves.
Pansies, a hybrid grown as an annual, will often revert to one of their parent species, Viola tricolor, best known as Johnny-jump-ups. These hardy little plants boldly appear following a season of pansies.
Top photo is Viola sp. Lower photo is Viola tricolor, Johnny-jump-up. Both by Martin Thomas.
Photo above is a Johnny-jump-up photo by Andy Dean.
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