I love violas — violets, pansies, and Johnny-Jump-Ups. According to Flora’s Dictionary — The Victorian Language of Herbs and Flowers by Kathleen Gips, their meanings are: Johnny-Jump-Ups: Happy ...

These plants, Viola tricolor, have been around since ancient Greek times. Violas are smaller than their larger cousins, pansies, but they are a happy sign of a new garden season. They also are an ...

Of all of the early emerging spring flowers, few show up with more vigor, pizazz and bursts of color than the cool weather loving, long blooming pansy (Viola x Wittrockiana). Pansies are cultivars of ...