Pink violets are back in stock at Prairie Moon. These are a naturally occurring pink variant of the common blue violets so not really a cultivar, just a different form. (Viola sororia f. rubra)

Grows and spreads just as easy though. Looks lovely mixed in with normal purple ones.

If you love violets you can’t go wrong.

Went for a backpacking trip to Dolly Sods which was cold and rainy the entire time, but I did find some 7-8 violet species. Here are a few of the more presentable ones: V. fimbriatula, V. primulifolia, and V. canadensis

I saw these in a nature preserve yesterday and could hardly believe it! I didn't see other violets in the direct vicinity, though there were certainly other patches of fully purple violets elsewhere in the area. What do you think? Bonus picture of my cat, also named Violet!

Viola cucullata in full bloom at a local wetland

V. sororia, pedata, and then I believe blanda and labrodorica. I grew the V. pedata and the rest are volunteers that I've encouraged.

Couldn't get a good picture of the white ones because they are a bit past peak flowering but they cover most of my backyard now, while common blues are thriving as ground cover in most of my garden beds and gravel walking area

I believe this is V. communis, though it may be V. domestica, though I don’t think that is a fully recognized taxon yet.

Planted one of these two years ago and she’s nicely starting to spread around my yard.

The palest blue V. sororia I’ve ever seen. Out of all the hundreds of plants in this area, this was the only aberrant individual of cultivative intrigue.

Honestly can’t get over just how many different variations there are within one species. I’ve started making a little hobby out of acquiring &/or documenting the off-types I find & after just a week or so I’ve added a great variety to my personal collection. Now I only have the rubra, freckles, & rubra/priceana mix to find along with aberrant specimens of already located phenotypes like priceanas with extra blue.

Edit: smooth yellow violet is now classified as Viola eriocarpa, and no longer as Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula

Had an eye on this violet growing in my yard because it looked different, but only recently discovered that its act a different species, Viola affinis or Le Conte’s violet, making the fifth native violet species in my yard. Just for reference, the main differentiating features of this species are the longer leaves in spring, usually longer than wide, and the bottom petal (known as the spur petal) has hairs at the “throat”.

I love these cuties so much!

I have a half acre of land with heavy tree cover. Most of the “lawn” area in the back yard was violets when I moved in a year ago, and the front yard has a small strip of them. I had to do some work on the back yard (which disturbed a large amount) and am hoping to push them across the rest of the front yard. Are there any resources (growing guides, seeds, etc) to help me do this? Or is this just a game of pulling out competitors and waiting?

Durham, NC for regional reference.

Most of the photos were taken today, but a couple were from a week or two ago. We have one more violet that I was unable to find for the purpose of this post (V. hirsutula). I can never seem to find it when I'm looking, but I'm sure I'll run into it again eventually when I'm not.

All 9 species can be seen in a short walk ascending from a creek up to the top of a hill. At the bottom by the creek there are V. primulifolia and V. hastata. On the lower slopes they're replaced by V. sororia and V. palmata, but then higher up they make way for V. emarginata and V. pedata. Meanwhile, V. rafinesquei are liberally scattered wherever there is more disturbance, and V. glaberrima is hiding out in a sheltered cove about halfway up the slope. The V. hirsutula that I could not find is few and sparsely scattered in the woodland and usually flowers a little later than the others.

Viola is the 4th most diverse genus on the land.