yes a viola - aka heartsease - should selfseed, or you could collect the fat seed pods, leave them in a deep pot to dry and they will split open and empty their seeds into the pot. It's perennial, so when it gets really leggy cut it back and it should regrow.
I had a feeling that's what it was but figured I'd ask the people who know what it is!
Thanks for the answers. I had violas in the front garden around 3 years ago but never in the back. I'm guessing some seed had a lift via the dog's snout
I'll definitely encourage it. I'll collect a pod or two and let the rest self seed - nature invariably makes better choices on where to place plants than me.
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It's a viola of some variety, very pretty!
Some sort of pansy/viola Bob. I don't know them individually
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yes a viola - aka heartsease - should selfseed, or you could collect the fat seed pods, leave them in a deep pot to dry and they will split open and empty their seeds into the pot. It's perennial, so when it gets really leggy cut it back and it should regrow.
I had a feeling that's what it was but figured I'd ask the people who know what it is!
Thanks for the answers. I had violas in the front garden around 3 years ago but never in the back. I'm guessing some seed had a lift via the dog's snout
I'll definitely encourage it. I'll collect a pod or two and let the rest self seed - nature invariably makes better choices on where to place plants than me.
They always do better if you just let them get on with it don't they
In the sticks near Peterborough