Interesting facts about Viola tricolor

Hey dear community, first of all I hope that you had a great day and a great start to the weekend and you are all well! In this article, I would like to discuss some interesting facts of a plant and hope you will be able to expand your knowledge a little.

You can see here the pansy, which is also known under the scientific name Viola tricolor and is considered relatively easy to care for and begins to bloom early in the year and enriches the area until late in the year with the diverse splendor of colors. When it comes to the right location, there is hardly anything to consider, but it is important that you choose a location that is in the partial shade or the sun and it is ideal for designing your garden, balcony or yard and some species attract different kinds of insects at the same time. It is mainly pollinated by insects and it is also able to reproduce independently and it is also interesting that it is one of the plants that is eaten by ants that contribute to the natural distribution in this way. Not all parts of the seeds are edible for ants and therefore they carry the seeds into their anthill with a lot of effort and sort out the edible parts there and then they carry the seed back outside where it begins to germinate by itself and this is a great property to help with spreading, but it is not dependent on it and spreads also by itself. As a feed plant, it offers numerous different species of insects food and is particularly popular with caterpillars, some of which are becoming increasingly rarer and the flowers have the property of reflecting sunlight, which makes it much easier for some insects to find their way. However, it is important to know that due to the numerous crosses, the ecological value has moved into the background and it is not always a good choice when it comes to this topic and while some varieties are useless, there are some that are very suitable for these purposes and a good indicator are species at which the pollen is visible with the eye.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about nature! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!