Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An African violet with purple flowers. With their diminutive size, colorful blooms, and attractive foliage, African violets are ...

Violet is a lovely name that evokes the beauty, grace, and nature. It's an English name of Latin origin that means purple. It also represents violets and other purple flowers. Violet originates from ...

These delicate blooming plants can be a challenge to banish from your yard. Here's how to rid your lawn of this pretty yet pesky perennial.

Sugared violets are beautifully preserved in egg whites and sugar to create a delicate, edible, flower garnish for desserts, fruit platters or cheese trays. My absolute favorite garnishes for desserts ...

Pick violets in the northern woods and create edible treats. Includes recipes and the science of the violet. These forest flowers are pretty enough to eat. Go ahead—let our six simple recipes fuel ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. The common blue violet (Viola sororia) is both an ...

The long wait to see the spring woods open up and produce new wildflowers was worth it. Quickly, as snow melted, the next phase began on the same forest floor that was covered by a snowpack lasting ...

Everyone knows how the lyric begins: "Roses are red, violets are blue …" This poetic reference could be directly applied to the western Montana blue violet, which occurs widely in many of our ...