"Go to a poor man's garden and ask him my name—he'll tell you it is Heartsease; and where will you find a better than that? And why am I called so? Because it's my character—wherever I go, there I flourish. If the gardener seeds me, pots me, and pets me, I come out all velvet and gold, like yonder beauties. If the wind carries my seed to a wall-top or a rubbish heap, I do my best and come out in the same colours, though not so rich and bright. I rejoice alike in sunshine and shower; neither drought nor rains will destroy me. I may hang my head now and then, but I always come up again. No lot is perfect; but that is the nearest to it which has heartsease to sweeten it."
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Glenda Jean
2/18/2019 03:29:48 pm
I don't believe I know what Hearsease looks like. Maybe you can publish a picture next summer when it blooms.
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The flower in the pictures is actually Heartsease, but now more commonly known as Johnny-Jump-Up (Viola tricolor). 😊
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JanetLee
2/18/2019 08:45:01 pm
Beautiful! Pictures and words.
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