Edit: Sorry, that's the bluer one. I can't make out enough detail on the other one. To identify violets, I need a view of the sepals and of the spur, and also a closeup of the leafstalk if possible.
Definitely Sweet Violet then. Lucky you! they are beautiful. The leaves will get much bigger in the summer so can be a nuisance in grass, but I just mow them anyway and they still come back.
I think mine must be dog violets nut, I've not picked up a scent either. Those cream ones look very intriguing though, mine are either violet or white.
they've become a bit rampant in my garden, and no scent - I have the purple ones and also some pink ones. I think of them as the "common or garden variety" and they have started popping up in the pots in my "nursery" garden, and cover the tops of bulb pots as the the bulb leaves die back....you'd think they knew those pots were going to be fed tomato fertiliser to help nxt years bulb flowers!
They'll be dog violets granny if there's no scent. I suppose giving them the name 'dog' is meant to imply they're inferior to sweet violets? Not in my book
Weird thing about violet scent. The scent is due to a chemical called Ionone. First you smell it , then you don't. It anaesthetise the nose for a while so that you can't smell it.That's why the scent is so elusive.
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Edit: Sorry, that's the bluer one. I can't make out enough detail on the other one. To identify violets, I need a view of the sepals and of the spur, and also a closeup of the leafstalk if possible.
The sepals are the same shape and length on both. Short and rounded.
Definitely Sweet Violet then. Lucky you! they are beautiful. The leaves will get much bigger in the summer so can be a nuisance in grass, but I just mow them anyway and they still come back.
Both sweet violets then even though the colours are so different?
Which have I got here?
these, I have never picked up a scent
and these which are a yellowy cream colour
In the sticks near Peterborough
I think mine must be dog violets nut, I've not picked up a scent either. Those cream ones look very intriguing though, mine are either violet or white.
I like the yellow one Fishy but might just be because it's different.
In the sticks near Peterborough
they've become a bit rampant in my garden, and no scent - I have the purple ones and also some pink ones. I think of them as the "common or garden variety" and they have started popping up in the pots in my "nursery" garden, and cover the tops of bulb pots as the the bulb leaves die back....you'd think they knew those pots were going to be fed tomato fertiliser to help nxt years bulb flowers!
They'll be dog violets granny if there's no scent. I suppose giving them the name 'dog' is meant to imply they're inferior to sweet violets? Not in my book
Weird thing about violet scent. The scent is due to a chemical called Ionone. First you smell it , then you don't. It anaesthetise the nose for a while so that you can't smell it.That's why the scent is so elusive.