Winter Solstice in the garden

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aloe, broad beans, Cape Bulbul, Cape Honeysuckle, Cape Robin, Cape Town, Cape Turtle Dove, environment, Flowers, garden, Lemon, nature, organic, plants, South African endemic plant, Tecoma capensis, Viola

Lemon tree oh so pretty

Broad Beans in flower

Viola Black Velvet

First Day Lily

Tecoma Capensis – Cape Honeysuckle

Climbing Aloe

Cape Bulbul

Cape Robin

Cape Turtle Doves

Johnny Jump ups

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Bee, Flowers, gardening, green tips, home grown, Johnny Jump Ups, nature, organic, plants, propagation, Viola

I introduced these cheerful little “Johnny Jump Ups” into my garden about 7 years ago. They always return when the time is right and they always seem to “JUMP UP”  year after year. They flower in profusion right through the Winter and finally die down in late Summer.

Viola tricolor, known as 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.

They are hermaphrodite and self-fertile, pollinated by bees.

Look around in the nurseries now for these delightful little flowers. They are sold as Violas