Also don’t use flowers grown close to the road as car exhaust can be taken up in them while growing. Here are all the edible flowers that I use in cooking for my family and friends.

Sweet violets, viola odorata, are now blooming in lovely large pools of purple on lawns and verges. The way these plants spread means that when the flowers open, it looks as though someone has ...

Violets usually grow and flower well at standard room temperatures ranging between 65°F and 80°F, but blooming may be reduced if plants are stressed by extreme heat or cold.

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.

African violets flower more heavily if they’re a little root-bound, so don’t feel compelled to increase the size of the pot too quickly. — Moisture. Gardeners disagree about watering.