Monday 6th June 2011
These photographs of wild violets were taken on top of Cavehill on 25th April 2011...
On a wonderful sunny afternoon, with a picnic rug, a bottle of water and oaty biscuits...
Before my world changed forever... and became a before and an after...
I have always liked the dainty violets and they grow in abundance on sunny banks on Cavehill...
Sweet violet (Viola Odorata) is a dainty perennial growing from a thick, short rhizome bearing a crown of dark green leaves which have long stalks and heart shaped blades.
The subtly sweet scented flowers are borne on long slim stalks from February to April...
I love the blossoms as they start to die back...
lovely shades of purple...
The flowers are visited by bees for pollination...
There are many different species of violets in Britain.
It is difficult to tell them apart due to the differences of colour and hybridisation within all the species.
Such a dainty delicate blossom...
I loved the lovely violet colour with the green of the grass in the background...
Violet means modesty...
