tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post9053735937360754905..comments2024-02-21T22:09:14.356-05:00Comments on Karstad Biodiversity Paintings: adventures in the colour of Canada: Violets in Snow (watercolour 4 x 6 in) SOLD!Aleta Karstadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post-13492607424086642402010-04-29T09:39:29.133-04:002010-04-29T09:39:29.133-04:00These are European Viola odorata brought in 1979...These are European <i> Viola odorata </i> brought in 1979 from my grandparents' place in Danbury, Connecticut, where they'd covered quite a bit of ground through my boyhood. Now they're one of the main ground covers here, spreading like invasive aliens in several shady parts of the lawn. We eat lots of the flowers and foliage in spring salads, and they seem to push out the native <i> Viola pubescens. </i> Our plan for this patch include dispersing the Ramps (<i>Allium tricoccum</i>) that have formed clumps among the Violets as part of our project of restoring native forest floor vegetation in the newly shady places on our land.Fred Schuelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413290982310369659noreply@blogger.com