Re: Re:Johnny Jump-ups
- To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Re:Johnny Jump-ups
- From: "* C* <r*@neptune.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 18:11:10 -0500
This past spring while I was doing clean-up chores I brushed aside some
snow covered leaves (mid March) and there was a Johnny Jump-up in full
bloom. You can't get much tougher than that.
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> From: Denise Leonard <dal@equinox.shaysnet.com>
> To: dowdeswell@delphinium.co.nz
> Cc: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re:Johnny Jump-ups
> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 1997 5:11 PM
>
> Johnny Jump-ups are a type of viola that have a very small (1" or so)
> pansy like flower. They come in shades of yellow blue and purple and all
> sorts of combinations of the three colors. They grow about 1 foot tall,
> but start flowering very early on when no more than 2 or 3 inches tall.
> In the summer they will get quite leggy and at that point I will usually
> pull them up since they set seed quite nicely and I always have a "crop"
> of them going! I brought a few plants with me when we moved here 11 1/2
> years ago. Now they are all over my yard and my neighbor's yards! I
> think they are quite nice for spring filler until the other perennials
> get going or I decide to pull some to make room for an annual. But best
> of all is that they will bloom in the late fall and early spring often
> blooming before the snow drops and crocus!
>
> Denise
>
>
> Denise Leonard
> Tanstaafl Farm
> Greenfield, MA
> dal@shaysnet.com
>
>
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