What a violet looks like - a description of the plant

What is a violet? It is a small perennial plant. Its leaves are heart-shaped. When in bloom, the shade of the buds can be varied. The root system is small and thin. The fruit of the plant is a small box with a lot of seeds. The violet begins to bloom in mid-March and ends in May. There is no smell. Currently, work is underway to ensure that the violet also has a pleasant aroma.

Violet: description, indoor or outdoor plant

When asked whether a violet is a houseplant or not, there is a simple answer that both, that is, flowers can be both indoor and outdoor. Moreover, this kind of very whimsical plants.

What does a violet look like

If grown at home, you need to choose the right pot, as the roots grow quickly. The most optimal size is 9 × 9 cm. If the pot is larger, then the plant may not bloom, and in places where the roots do not fill the ground, a fungus may develop.

A lot also depends on the material of the pot. If you choose a plastic one, it is best to make holes on the sides so that the roots are ventilated and excess moisture is drained after watering. If the choice fell on a ceramic pot, then it is best to give preference to one without glaze so that it can let air through.

The choice of soil is also the main point. It must be acidic enough, otherwise the buds will fall off without even blooming. The soil is best prepared with two parts of earth and one part of sand.

It is better to plant these wonderful plants in a garden in slightly acidic or neutral soil. Saintpaulia (another name for violets) belongs to the class of light-loving plants. They are planted in pits 1-2 cm deep at a distance of 5-10 cm from each other.

What are the popular representatives called

This beautiful flower is especially popular with gardeners. They can be found both in gardens and on the windowsills of many apartments.

There are three popular types of indoor violets:

• Gronte. The leaves are purple or bright green. The height of the bush reaches 6 cm, and the width is 5 cm. The shade of the buds is blue-purple;
• velvet Saintpaulia. Its leaves are dark green, and the flowers are bluish purple. Their size is about 5 cm;
• violet-colored. The shade of the flowers is bluish-violet. The leaves are dark green.

Violet

What else can they call

It is found all over the world. What are violets? Annuals and perennials. The most common:

• marsh: grows, as a rule, in swamps;
• fragrant: grows in gardens and parks, is rare;
• pubescent: can be found in forests and fields;
• field: grows in the fields;
• amazing: grows in oak forests.

Other names for the plant are saintpaulia or uzambara violet. This decorative-leaved plant has an underdeveloped root system. Leaves are usually green. The color of flowers in Saintpaulia is blue, purple and purple, therefore it is sometimes called tricolor.

Common plant names that are often confused with

There are plants that are sometimes confused with violets. These are flowers such as:

• gloxinia. It has a short stem. The leaves are wide, velvet-like to the touch. The height of such a flower is from 10 to 25 cm. The color of the petals is red, purple, white. Gloxinia with violet similar leaves;
• primrose is a perennial flower. The shade of flowers is blue, pink, lilac;
• achimenes. Bloom 2-3 times a year;
• Turkish carnation is a bright and unpretentious representative of the flora;
• pansies. Flowers are very similar to violets, but larger in size;
• petunia is a large, growing bush. Has more than 20 different shades;
• sentopoly. She has flowers from light pink to dark purple;
• deikun. Has small flowers up to 4 cm in size. Does not like drafts and bright sun;
• streptocarpus. Reaches a height of 30 cm. The flowers are in the shape of an umbrella;
• Lyubka is double-leaved. It grows mainly in the forest and requires good lighting;
• viola is garden. It grows in height up to 30 cm. Loves shade more than sun.

What color are the leaves and stems

Leaves contain a lot of nutrients. A decoction from them can cure cough and gastrointestinal diseases. They have a round shape, solid with oval or heart-shaped contours. Leaves are quite brittle on short cuttings.

Leaves

The stem of the violet is green. The leaves can be light green to dark green. Sometimes there are white with a dark border or variegated with various patterns. The inside of the sheet can be drastically different from the outside, for example, have a purple tint.

What are the leaves of a violet

The leaves of violets can be different in size, shape and shade, and the petioles are short and long. The foliage is round, wide, heart-shaped. The leaf edges are usually straight or serrated.

The color of the leaves is also varied. There are ash, olive, bright green, emerald green, olive brown, dark brown, black green, etc.

Looking at the leaf, you can see some of the features of the plant:

• if the violet has wavy lace leaves, then the flower will have beautiful openwork rosettes;
• if the leaves are dark, then the flowers of such a plant, as a rule, have a dark saturated color;
• light leaves are easily burned by the sun's rays. Such plants are more whimsical.

Violet: description of flowers

These are very beautiful flowers that delight anyone's eyes. Like leaves, flowers come in a variety of sizes. The varieties are bred from the smallest to fairly large. For example, in the description of the coastal violet, it is said that the flowers are simple, herbaceous, semi-double and double.

The buds contain anthocyanin glycosides and essential oil. Thanks to this composition, eczema, lichen, hives and cracked lips can be cured, and the juice from the flowers is used for severe coughs and smallpox.

Several dozen flowers can bloom on one bush. By the fall, they turn into seed boxes. Their shape can look smooth and oblong.

Flower sizes: large or small

The sizes of violets can be varied. By the size of the sockets, they are divided into:

• microminiature. The size of such flowers is up to 6 cm;
• miniature - from 6 to 15 cm;
• semi-miniature - from 15 to 20 cm;
• standard - from 20 to 40 cm;
• large - from 40 to 60 cm.

Large violet size

Petal color

The color of the petals can also be varied. By type of coloring, violets are divided into:

• monophonic. Flowers have only one color;
• two-tone. The buds bloom in two shades of the same color;
• two-color or multi-color. The petals are painted in two or more colors.

Petals can have the following color combinations:

• border, like petals, of a contrasting shade;
• plain border - when the outline of the sheet is white;
• double border.

Drawing or patterns on flowers

Flowers may have a different shade of border. They can also have stripes, spots, blotches of various shades. There are the following patterns on violet flowers:

• fantasy border - these are small dots, drops that coalesce into one spot;
• peephole - a large spot in the center of the flower;
• finger color - imprint spots in the middle or closer to the edge of the petal;
• fantasy is a lot of strokes, peas, specks on the petals;
• mesh - a pattern on flowers in the form of a mesh;
• streams are streaks spreading along the petals;
• rays - even stripes going from the middle of the flower to its edge;
• chimera - a clear strip in the middle of the petal.

The indoor violet, just like the garden violet, is an excellent decoration that will always bring aesthetic joy to its breeder. But before growing, you should familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the plant, since the violet is a capricious representative of the flora and requires specific conditions for growth.