Violas

Just a quick photo of some violas I picked.  At this point I feel like my garden is incomplete without these.  They bring in the bees and other insects with a sweet tooth like lacewings and they help locate slugs early in the spring so you know where to lay the bait because the slugs love to eat them.  Remember, only use iron phosphate based slug bait like SLUGGO.  You may also eat these flowers.  They really dress up a salad.

Some Flowers, mostly Green

In the background are sunflower seedlings that I transplanted a week or so ago.  They sprouted from last year though the birds ate most of the seeds.  I just moved them to where they wouldn't be in the way.  Sunflower seedlings are pretty delicate but if you move them when they are young and it is pretty cool and moist, most will survive.

I just like these violas.

Here we have more sunflower seedlings, with one that did not need to be transplanted.  Transplanting does set them back a bit.  They are surrounded by red mustard that still needs to be thinned.  I am tempted not to let any of it mature as I have had too much of it this year and last 2 years.

Volunteer Flowers

All of these flowers, though amaranth isn't exactly that, appeared here without me planting them. The amaranth I would have pulled up but I figured it came from the birdseed and I was curious. It isn't the prettiest thing but I think it has some sort of beauty. I think I will try to save this plume to feed the birds later on when food is more scarce.

Calendula flowers have appeared all over my garden. I enjoy them very much.

This viola came from a bunch I planted last year that all died out. Out of several dozen, just 2 or 3 plants have reappeared.