The best part of this ground cover? The stunning flowers. This grass alternative produces purple blooms in spring, attracting wildlife while providing beauty.

Later in the season, a plant with spurs on the base of flowers can be found: long spurred violet (Viola selkirkii). Both of these purple violets grow in groups, often with many blooms.

Purple flowering trees are among the most breathtaking sights in nature, turning gardens, parks, and entire landscapes into ...

She said the violet plants were donated to the group and members wanted to make the gifts more personal, so they painted the flower pots. They chose violets because they’re long-lasting, she said.

The common blue wood violet is the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Rhode Island. • Illinois was the first to adopt it by school children selecting it in 1908.

Flowers at the CAVS sale ran between $2 for a tiny cutting and $7.50 for a flowering plant. African violets, which come in shades of pink, purple, maroon, white, blue and green — Smith’s ...

grows 8 inches tall by 12 inches wide. It produces leaves like a bird's foot and 1-inch, two-tone violet flowers on long graceful stems. The flowers are visited by butterflies. Hardy in Zones 4-9.