vincas and violets
On Saturday morning I will be giving a one hour lecture on my new book (STILL: The Art of Noticing) at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A few days after that, on May 1, I will be hosting my Pub Day Book Launch party at a local Garden shop and farm-to-table restaurant. In other words, I am feeling a little under the gun and scattered. All I had time for today was a handful of periwinkles (vincas) and violets from my yard. The two purples place nice together, I think. Oh, how I miss having enough time to arrange them into a composition worthy of their beauty. Soon….soon.
periwinkles (vincas and violets) and violets (Viola)
Prrfect the way they are thank you very much!
Two beautiful garden thugs!
Did you know common violets produce seeds two ways?? In spring they set seed via flowers followed by seed pods – classic! But during the summer months, they produces flower buds that never open (called cleistogamous flowers) but which develop into fruits with fertile seeds. Thus, they are prodigious self-seeders.
Hope you are able to enjoy all the attention amidst the seeming pandemonium!