Violas and Mertensia

by Alana Thrower

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Violas and Mertensia

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Alana Thrower

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I know summer has arrived when I see the Mertensia blooming. These petite little bluebells cover most of the landscape here giving a blue cast to the fields. The little Viola Tricolor reseed and pop up throughout my garden and lawn and I let them!

Mertensia ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names tall fringed bluebells, mountain bluebells, and streamside bluebells. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Mertensia ciliata
Rank: Species

Viola tricolor, Also known as Johnny Jump up (though this name is also applied to similar species such as the yellow pansy), heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, or love-in-idleness, is a common European wild flower, growing as an annual or short-lived perennial. It has been introduced into North America, where it has spread. It is the progenitor of the cultivated pansy, and is therefore sometimes called wild pansy; before the cultivated pansies were developed, "pansy" was an alternative name for the wild form. Wikipedia

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November 14th, 2017

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