Johnny-jump-up

Johnny-Jump-Ups (Viola cornuta, Viola tricolor): Johnny-jump-ups have much smaller flowers than pansies. They flower heavily and are more heat-resistant than pansies. Johnny-jump-ups are ideal for planting around bulbs and larger flowers.

Johnny-jump-ups do just as their common name insists. I grew them in my former garden and they piggybacked in with other plants to the new garden. They tend to fill a void between the spring flower show and the summer flowers in May and June.

Johnny-jump-up, Viola cornuta, V. tricolor
Joseph's coat, Amaranthus tricolor ...

Little Johnny-Jump-Up said,
"It must be spring.
I saw a ladybug
And heard a robin sing." -Edwina Fallis
(b.1876) ...

Johnny-Jump-Up
Johnny-Jump-Up Viola tricolor
Jojoba
Jojoba, Goatnut Simmondsia chinensis
Joshua
Tree Yucca brevifolia
Juniper (Juniperus)
Alligator Juniperus deppeana
Bonin Island, Japanese Garden Juniperus procumbens
Canary Island Juniperus cedrus ...

Viola tricolor (Johnny-Jump-Up)
Viola wittrockiana (Pansy)
Viola × festata synonym of Viola palmata (Early Blue Violet)
Viola × porteriana synonym of Viola palmata (Early Blue Violet) ...

From tiny ¾-inch Johnny-jump-ups to giant pansy strains with flowers 5 inches across, Violas are beloved garden flowers.

Common names: Heartsease, Johnny-jump-up, Love-in-idleness
Pansies are beautiful garden flowers that are usually grown as annuals, although they are technically biennials. They are a member of the genus Viola, making them closely related to violets.

He crossed the native johnny-jump-up (V. tricolor) with a yellow-flowered wildflower (V. lutea) and a blue-flowered Russian violet called V. altacia.

Violets have a distinctive, slightly irregular flower. The pansy and Johnny-jump-ups are members of the Viola genus; if you have seen them, then you will recognize other flowers of this group.

Index- plants in this Family
Violaceae / Violet Field Pansy (Viola bicolor)
Field Pansy is also known as Johnny-Jump-Up or Wild Pansy. Viola rafinesquii, Viola rafinesquei, Viola kitaibeliana Schult. var. rafinesquei. ...

If you need cold-tolerant flowers, six out of seven Exceptional Performance winners in last year's winter field trials at North Carolina State University (USDA Hardiness Zone 7) were hybrids of Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor), ...

'Penny Peach Jump-Up' Lilac upper petals above a peach-and-white face put a new spin on the traditional Johnny-jump-up colors.
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Viola, Pansy, Johnny-Jump-Up?
Viola is the name of a genus containing about 500 different species. Most of the violas cultivated in gardens are grown as annuals or short-lived perennials. However, many will self-seed and give you years of delight.

tricolor, one of several species called heartsease and Johnny-jump-up; the Eastern field pansy, a wildflower of North America, is a separate species. Some unrelated plants are also called violets, e.g.

See also: Viola, Pansy, May, Rose, Violet