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digitS'
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Rudbeckia – it volunteered! The Gaillardia crowds them and this, somehow
, made an an escape to this location.Steve
Blueberry Acres
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I love volunteers; my garden is full of them!
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Dahlia
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My garden often has volunteers of chamomile, chard, Yukon potatoes, snow peas and a few wild plants like chickweed and dock.I love volunteers; my garden is full of them!
digitS'
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Volunteers?
I have no idea how this little guy showed up here. There were no petunias within 35' last year and I'm not sure if there were any in that bed so it would be further and around the corner of the house in pots
. And, I don't remember any of this color.
I have no idea how this little guy showed up here. There were no petunias within 35' last year and I'm not sure if there were any in that bed so it would be further and around the corner of the house in pots
. And, I don't remember any of this color.
digitS'
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More volunteers (for @Dahlia and @Blueberry Acres and maybe @Pulsegleaner can share some thoughts on the final picture).
Perhaps, this is a good environment for some of the violets and this location doesn't surprise me for a volunteer since pots with pansies are close by most years.
Yes, there is a pot beside these but never have we had pansies close to this area. Usually, this is a potted herb area. The only thing I can think of is that pansy seed came here in the compost used in the herb potting soil. BTW, there is a tomato plant in that big pot this year in 100% compost.
These little violets come back year after year. They may have been here all of the 29 years we been their neighbors. They spread around a little but not much. Other than being so successful at claiming this little corner of our yard, are they anything special? Wild? Invasive? A type of Johnny Jump-up?
Steve
Perhaps, this is a good environment for some of the violets and this location doesn't surprise me for a volunteer since pots with pansies are close by most years.
Yes, there is a pot beside these but never have we had pansies close to this area. Usually, this is a potted herb area. The only thing I can think of is that pansy seed came here in the compost used in the herb potting soil. BTW, there is a tomato plant in that big pot this year in 100% compost.
These little violets come back year after year. They may have been here all of the 29 years we been their neighbors. They spread around a little but not much. Other than being so successful at claiming this little corner of our yard, are they anything special? Wild? Invasive? A type of Johnny Jump-up?
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Dahlia
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I love the little violets!
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Probably. Could also be horned Pansy, Viola cornuta. To be honest, between the fact they cross pretty readily and have both be bred so much, telling when one is a cornuta or a tricolor is a little hard for me. That's certainly a very common color mix for Johnny Jump Ups.
As far as I know the only pansy that considered an invasive is arvensis, and even THAT'S not really much in the way of resistant.
flowerbug
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the birds or other animals must spread violets (and violet like) seeds around. we've had them show up and to start with there weren't any around at all.
did they come in via wildflower seed blends that were put around? hmm. good question i cannot answer for sure, but maybe? note i do not recommend using those blends because they may also include random weed seeds that can become invasive, plus, well the plants chosen to include in that mix may also be ones you don't really want.
as i've now spent hundreds of hours over the past 20+something years weeding some of them it sure was a poor decision as far as i'm concerned. yet another thing done here that was not thought about much but has had a lot of annoying consequences. also note that in one case i also used some random seeds to plant a chickweed and it turned out to be really annoying in many places. it's still around too, like the rest...
did they come in via wildflower seed blends that were put around? hmm. good question i cannot answer for sure, but maybe? note i do not recommend using those blends because they may also include random weed seeds that can become invasive, plus, well the plants chosen to include in that mix may also be ones you don't really want.
as i've now spent hundreds of hours over the past 20+something years weeding some of them it sure was a poor decision as far as i'm concerned. yet another thing done here that was not thought about much but has had a lot of annoying consequences. also note that in one case i also used some random seeds to plant a chickweed and it turned out to be really annoying in many places. it's still around too, like the rest...
digitS'
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I have learned something! This is what I think of as a Johnny Jump Up:
Maybe a little more blue than purple ... Now, I'm seeing some photos of no blue or no purple! Cross? Some violas cross naturally within and beyond their own species!
