Violet  Plants

Viola canina  ( Dog Violet)  

Grown throughout Europe and North America, also found as far a field as Iran and Japan, but widely grown in the UK in our hedgerows and lanes.It often grown in small groups in woodlands

Attracts butterflies and is food for many larvae.

Milky blue flowers on 3 to 4 inch stems,with heart shaped oval leaves Flowers have no  fragrance.

In UK  and europe it has a later flowering season often flowering from April  into June

Photo Russ Collins

Photo by Russ Collins