The scent of spring
Mar 02, 2022
2 minutes
THAT which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet,’ wrote Francis Bacon in 1625, anticipating the affection that generations of gardeners would have for this modest native wildflower. Violets are tough, undemanding plants with flowers that signal the start of spring with a perfume as heady as high summer. Only recently have, seduced away from its charms by bolder and brighter flowers.
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