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A violet color Violet for February birthdays
If your birthday falls in the month of February, then your flower is the violet. This is always nice to know if you are giving a February birthday flowers or planting a memory garden representing your family and friends.
Botanical Name:
Viola spp. / Saintpaulia
Common Name:
Violet
Description:
Common violets are low-growing, with fragrant flowers that are supported on stalks which rise from the leaves. The leaves are dark green in color, and are heart, oval or kidney shaped. African Violets (houseplants) have a five-petaled velvety flower.
Colors:
Violets flowers can be purple, blue white and infrequently, yellow.
Availability:
All year round
Growing Tips:
Violets are annuals that like full to partial sun. They can be grown from seeds (they germinate slowly) or small plants and can often be found growing in the wild. Violets do well in both beds and containers and although hardy, will not survive a hard frost or freeze.
Fun and/or Interesting Facts:
Violets are the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Wisconsin
One of my favorite things to do with Violets is to make violet water. To make it, simply steep Violet leaves and flowers in water until it becomes fragrant. Violet water makes wonderful warm and/or iced tea. Another fun way to use the Violet water is to make them into ice cubes and use them in water or juice. You can make them even more special by freezing a couple of pedals or small flowers inside the cubes.
Read our Flower of the month articles: a 12 month guide to birth flowers
• January - Carnation
• February - Violet
• March - Daffodil
• April – Daisy
• May –Lilly of the Valley
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