Violas are a diverse group of plants. The flowers are roughly similar across all species, but some are annuals ( last only one growing season ) and some are Perennials ( lasting more than one season ). Here, we focus on the Annual variety. These have many common names, like Pansies, Johnny-jump-ups, etc and there are many hybrids available as seedlings in Nurseries and Garden Centres. They come in a fantastic range of colours and combinations of colours. Plant them in a sunny spot. They really are like "eye candy" !! I saw these Violas growing in pots inside a carport while on a walk around the suburbs.
Primula are also a great Annual plant that is available for Winter planting. These prefer a semi-shaded spot out of the hot sun. Colours available include crimson, pink, white,blue and purple. They grow and flower quickly to give a beautiful display, and they also self-seed, so you are likely to continue to have them year after year. There are also Perennial Primulas , but they are not nearly as popular as the annuals. These Prumula were growing in pots at a Garden Centre in Northern Sydney.
The trial of winter-flowering pansies (violas are excluded) currently under way at the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley includes an amazing 254 different cultivars.
An initial lesson that I took from my time spent on RHS trials judging panel is that, in early winter at least, the small-flowered pansies, which are closer in style to violas, have been more impressive than those with larger flowers. Nine small flowers look far more colourful than two large ones.
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This is why. First, the flowers of many pansies are so large that the petals simply do not have the strength to support themselves. The tops of the flowers hang over, the effect is lost.
Violas, on the other hand, produce such a constant succession of flowers, if one is damaged by the weather another soon opens. And, with alpine species in their ancestry, violas are simply tougher.
Seeing so many winter-flowering pansies together on dull winter days led me to another conclusion: dark colours make no impact. Crimson, deep purple and dark blue, especially if they feature black-blotched faces, never really stand out, but white, primrose, sky blue and pale pink sparkle on even the most overcast days.
In garden centres, or when ordering seed for next season from catalogues, names to look out for amongst violas include 'Sorbet' (24 colours and colour combinations, and probably the most prolific), 'Penny' (25 colours), 'Velour' (23 colours) and 'Angel' (33 colours).
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Violas are an early blooming plant. These perennials are often grown as an annual. Most people believe they are annuals. They are early bloomers in late spring to early summer. Then, shrivel in the mid summer heat.
They are native to the southern hemisphere. Easy to grow, you will often find Violas growing in the wild, in their native regions.
There are so many different types of primulas, it’s difficult to choose which ones to go for. There are taller varieties such as the lollipop-shaped flowers of Primula denticulata, which come out a bit later, or the traditional, more familiar types such as the primrose and the cowslip.
They are really easy to grow, flourishing in virtually any situation provided they are planted in rich soil, although cowslips favour free-draining soil and the Asiatic types provide a riot of colour in heavy soil.
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Perennial violas look a lot like their cousins, pansies. But, perennial violas offer the benefit of coming back year after year, adding early-season color to the garden, as well as lots of curb appeal first thing in the season when relatively few other plants bloom. Perennial violas bloom in a wide range of colors, and have a soft, old-fashioned feel that makes them ideal for use in cottage gardens. Because these spring flowers are low growing, they're excellent choices for the front of the border or lining walkways and sidewalks. Hardiness varies by variety; if you live in an especially cold-winter area, be sure to check the hardiness before planting.
Grow perennial violas in full sun (at least 6 to 8 hours each day) or partial shade. Most varieties can grow quite well in shade, but don't bloom as profusely. Water perennial violas enough to keep the soil moist, but not wet. Though these spring-flowering plants can tolerate some drought, they look better -- and bloom better -- with regular watering.
Primula are an easy to grow group of perennial plants which come in many different colours and shapes. Many people thinking of Primula will bring to mind the popular Polyanthus types illustrated left, but in fact there are many different types, shapes, sizes and colours of Primula and they are great garden plants.
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The National Gardening Bureau picked violas as their flower of the year for 2007. Violas and pansies are such relied upon stalwarts that many gardeners take them for granted and think they know everything there is to know about them. True, violas are easy to care for plants.
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But in the gardening world, nothing stands still. Newer varieties of violas are being introduced with bolder colors and larger flowers that bloom longer. Even better, they exhibit better heat and cold tolerance than the remarkably hardy varieties we're familiar with.
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Primroses are actually hermaphrodites - but they have 'pin' and 'thrum' flowers - one with short male parts and long female parts (pin), and the opposite for thrum. This is under genetic control.
primula eliator, pin
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I don't know if anyone has experimentally been able to overcome the genetic basis, but most likely if they did it would be impossible to duplicate inexpensively outside of a highly controlled laboratory setting.
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Violas are typically lower growing than pansies, with smaller, more abundant flowers. Many violas form a trailing habit and look fabulous in a hanging basket, patio pot or window box. Don’t be put off by their smaller size – in fact violas will produce more flowers per plant than a pansy! Here’s our step by step guide to fabulous violas.
Violas are profuse, low-growing cottage garden perennials. The colour combinations you can achieve are myriad – purples, lilacs, pinks, blues and magentas. Varieties available cover trailing violas, double-flowered and colour-changing flowers, as well as violas with particularly striking, variegated foliage. Viola flowers are also edible – you can add a dash of colour to a salad or as a garnish, or use them in jams, cakes or as decoration on the top of biscuits!
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Primroses provide you with early spring blooms in almost every color of the rainbow. They prefer cool temperatures, a rich humus soil (lots of compost and leaf mold) and partial shade. They appreciate full sun in the spring, but must have semi-shade as the temperatures warm. They are quite tolerant of being transplanted, even when they are in bloom. They should be planted in a cool, partly shady area in the garden with rich, well-draining, slightly acid soil (pH 6.5). Primroses need to be planted so that their crown is right at soil level and at least six inches apart.
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These traditional fully frost-hardy plants will survive the harshest of British winters and will reward you with a burst of colour in the spring. Primroses are part of the Primula family, named from the Latin primus meaning first, the first flowers to appear in the spring.
Primroses are easy to grow and are not prone to attacks from disease. Keep slugs away with pellets or beer traps if they prove a problem. Remove any leaves which show signs of leaf spot, as these can cause fungal spots. Groups of yellow spots turning darker in colour on the underside of leaves can be identified as Primula Rust – this is not an invasive problem, and the leaves can either be left or removed; grey mould or downy mildew which requires chemical treatment.
Generally primroses flower in the spring and flowering time can vary depending on weather conditions. After a very harsh winter the flowering may be slightly delayed, whereas a mild winter encourages earlier flowers.
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Primula are herbaceous or semi-evergreen perennials, forming a basal rosette of simple leaves, with salver-shaped or bell-shaped flowers which may be solitary or carried in an umbel or in whorls on an erect stem
'Harry Hotspur' is an evergreen, perennial, alpine auricula, up to 20cm tall, with rosettes of light green leaves. Clusters of dark red-purple flowers with paler edges and white centres, are produced on short stems in mid- to late spring
Primulas are a sight for sore eyes in spring, arriving in a rainbow of colours to add pizzazz to patios and perk up beds and borders.
These cheerful bedding plants offer great value, flowering their hearts out for weeks returning in subsequent years and self-seeding to give you more plants for your money.
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Primula are an easy to grow group of perennial plants which come in many different colours and shapes. Many people thinking of Primula will bring to mind the popular Polyanthus types illustrated left, but in fact there are many different types, shapes, sizes and colours of Primula and they are great garden plants.
Within the genus are the Polyanthus group (image left) is the most common, frequently sold on line and in garden centers as winter and spring bedding.
It is easy to think of these plants just as bedding, but there are some lovely perennial Primula which make great spring colour and early summer colour.
Violas are typically lower growing than pansies, with smaller, more abundant flowers. Many violas form a trailing habit and look fabulous in a hanging basket, patio pot or window box. Don’t be put off by their smaller size – in fact violas will produce more flowers per plant than a pansy! Here’s our step by step guide to fabulous violas.
Violas are profuse, low-growing cottage garden perennials. The colour combinations you can achieve are myriad – purples, lilacs, pinks, blues and magentas. Varieties available cover trailing violas, double-flowered and colour-changing flowers, as well as violas with particularly striking, variegated foliage. Viola flowers are also edible – you can add a dash of colour to a salad or as a garnish, or use them in jams, cakes or as decoration on the top of biscuits!
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Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae. It is the largest genus in the family, containing between 525 and 600 species.Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, some are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes.
Some Viola species are perennial plants, some are annual plants, and a few are small shrubs. A large number of species, varieties and cultivars are grown in gardens for their ornamental flowers
In horticulture the term "pansy" is normally used for those multi-coloured, large-flowered cultivars which are raised annually or biennially from seed and used extensively in bedding. The terms "viola" and "violet" are normally reserved for small-flowered annuals or perennials, including the species
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Primrose or Primula is a flower plant that has many variations of shape, size, and color. The body of the primrose plant is short to medium, making it suitable for planting in your home garden. Be careful, even though the flowers are beautiful but this plant is poisonous.
Viola flower or in Latin, Viola sp is a family of violaceae originating from Europe and Asia. Viola is a type of plant that blooms and is resistant to various environmental conditions, but flowering more beautifully in the highlands with cool weather.
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Primula is a genus of mainly herbaceous flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. They include the familiar wildflower of banks and verges, the primrose (P. vulgaris). Other common species are P. auricula (auricula), P. veris (cowslip) and P. elatior (oxlip).
These species and many others are valued for their ornamental flowers. They have been extensively cultivated and hybridised - in the case of the primrose, for many hundreds of years. Primula are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, south into tropical mountains in Ethiopia, Indonesia and New Guinea, and in temperate southern South America. Almost half of the known species are from the Himalayas.[2]
Primula has about 500 species in traditional treatments, and more if certain related genera are included within its circumscription
Primula species have been extensively cultivated and hybridised, mainly derived from P. elatior, P. juliae, P. veris and P. vulgaris. Polyanthus (often called P. polyantha) is one such group of plants, which has produced a large variety of strains in all colours, usually grown as annuals or biennials and available as seeds or young plants.
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A beautiful plant, my friend and Viola plant (lat. Viola) belongs to the genus in the family of Violaceae, the representatives of which grow mainly in mountainous areas and places with a moderate climate of the Northern Hemisphere and number from four to seven hundred species according to various sources. Some of the violas are endemic to the South American Andes, some of them occur in the subtropics of Brazil, the tropics of South Africa, Australia, the Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand
So you can not even have a garden in front of your house to pay for your hobby, but you can arrange a garden in a verandah in the vicinity of the dream garden. And there is no room if there is a roof! The popular way to gardens on the roof of the house, verandah or cornice is to plant flowers on the table. Vegetables can also be grown on the table. However, it is important to know some rules and regulations before planting trees before and after. The tree plant will also grow beautiful if it is served properly...
https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2018/03/24/news/gardening-guide-to-growing-perfect-primulas-and-how-to-make-the-most-of-these-colourful-plants-1282265/
What causes primroses (Primula species) to become male or female? Is there a stage in development where you can do something to change the gender of the flowers?
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Light: Violas are tolerant of most conditions, yet will thrive in full sun or part shade especially during the spring, yet will easily fade in full sun during summer heat, and best to transplant into dappled shade.
Soil: Moist, nutrient-rich soil that is well drained and supplemented with compost. Fertilize, as needed, to keep plants strong and healthy.
Primula elatior (this one grown by primrose expert Amy Olmsted in Vermont) as dug from the garden for a primrose exhibition, proves how resilient primroses can be in the spring, as all tolerate being dug and potted for a few days and brought indoors, only later to be returned to the garden often after dividing them (this is usually what most growers do).
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Viola plants are really amazing. Viola plants prefer cool to warm climates, and wilt a bit in mid-summer heat. In warmer areas, we recommend partial shade. They tolerate a variety of soils. Add a general purpose fertilizer when planting them, then once a month after that.
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Once your Viola plants are established, they should grow well, even if left unattended. Soil should be moist, but not wet. Water them during dry periods, once or twice per week. Keep them well weeded.
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Remove spent blooms to promote additional blooms, and extend the blooming period. This will also keep the appearance neat and beautiful.
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Viola Etain in bloom
Pale lemon yellow paired with purple makes the Viola Etain the perfect shady ground cover.
Light: Violas are tolerant of most conditions, yet will thrive in full sun or part shade especially during the spring, yet will easily fade in full sun during summer heat, and best to transplant into dappled shade.
Soil: Moist, nutrient-rich soil that is well drained and supplemented with compost. Fertilize, as needed, to keep plants strong and healthy.
Spacing: Set out young plants 4-6 inches apart, or sow seeds in drills or plug trays to be transplanted once they are established. In some areas, sowing seeds directly into the garden in the fall and early spring by sprinkling seed, and raking. If plants are grown too closely packed, thin out, allowing 4 inches between plants that will grow in place.
Planting: Set out plants anytime in early spring, once danger of hard frost is past. Violas do best in cooler spring and fall conditions, yet will also do well in mid-summer if plants are kept deadheaded to encourage continuous blooms. (Violas are not to be confused with the indoor plant known as Violets, as there is no relation.)
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They include the familiar wildflower of banks and verges, the primrose (P. vulgaris). Other common species are P. auricula (auricula), P. veris (cowslip) and P. elatior (oxlip).
These species and many others are valued for their ornamental flowers. They have been extensively cultivated and hybridised - in the case of the primrose, for many hundreds of years.
Primula are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, south into tropical mountains in Ethiopia, Indonesia and New Guinea, and in temperate southern South America. Almost half of the known species are from the Himalayas.
Primula is a complex and varied genus, with a range of habitats from alpine slopes to boggy meadows. Plants bloom mostly during the spring, with flowers often appearing in spherical umbels on stout stems arising from basal rosettes of leaves;
their flowers can be purple, yellow, red, pink, blue, or white. Some species show a white mealy bloom (farina) on various parts of the plant
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In Poland, primulas are very popular spring potted flowers. In florists and shops, the choice of primula in pots is enormous. A lovely composition of delicacy.
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Yeah, local nurseries sell lots of them here too.
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Viola, genus of about 500 species of herbs or low shrubs, including the small, solid-coloured violets and the larger-flowered, often multicoloured violas and pansies.
Viola occur naturally worldwide but are found most abundantly in temperate climates, with the greatest variety occurring in the Andes Mountains of South America.
Wild Viola may be annuals or perennials. Because Viola freely hybridize, however, it is often difficult to identify their species.
The flower, variable in colour, but not red, usually grows singly on a stalk and has five petals, four arranged in unlike pairs, the fifth with a spur (see photograph).
The leaves may grow on the same stalk as the flower (stemmed violets) or on separate stalks (stemless violets).
Though the best-known Viola have heart-shaped leaves, the leaves of other species may have different shapes.
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Pansies provide winter color on winter days. Cooler days mean it is pansy planting time. Do it before the ground gets cold to give roots enough time to “catch.” It is wise to prepare the pansy bed before the plants arrive so there will be no delay in setting them out.
Pansies provide lots of color, they like plenty of sun except in the hottest part of the day. Never try growing them in full shade.
If they become leggy they are not getting enough sun. Keep the plants away from buildings and trees that block off light and ventilation. They are brilliant plants for fall garden joy and perfect for growing in containers to add that color pop needed.
In a post at SouthernLiving.com, you’ll discover 20 ways you can use pansies and violas the johnny jump up flower in containers.
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Very beautiful flowers. Your photos are much better. I think you woke up a photographer :)
Oh, wonderful flowers! Yellow primrose:grows in my raspberry garden, I collect it for medical tea! Did you know that this is a wonderful tea for the respiratory system? And these flowers are called "brothers"! Great gift, is not it?
Thanks for the tips on the tea.
Drink on health!
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The plant and flowers in photography #1, it's pretty amazing, in first eye sight it feels me like butterflies are on the flowers! Probably I have not seen this at Sri Lanka and if I see this, it might be memorable!
Great article and wonderful collection of photography! Really appreciate your effort!
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Beautiful flowers there @ctrl-alt-nwo and I just like the Violas, they have a combination of colors, they look like butterfly to me.