SC - Saxon Violets
Laura C. Minnick
lcm at efn.org
Tue Mar 28 14:35:15 PST 2000
Dana Huffman wrote:
> It's probably the dry, hot summer weather, but they'll
> grow in the shady areas of my Mom's lawn in Spokane
> just fine; Missoula's climate isn't too different, is
> it? We could probably send you some seeds this spring
> if you want to try growing some -- or even some plants
> if a transport method could be worked out. They bloom
> there in about May or so. I assume they're edible; if
> there is a variety of violet or a similar flower that
> isn't, someone please correct me!
>
> Dana/Ximena
DO NOT try to eat African violets- they are an entirely different flower
and not edible. The ones that look like tiny anorexic pansies are what
you're after.
'Lainie
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