Violet is an important host plant for Great Spangled Fritillary caterpillars, which turn into a pretty, orange butterfly. It’s also a food source for small herbivores, caterpillars and ants. The flowers feed bees, butterflies and other insects, and is one of the first sources of nectar in the spring.

They are useful as a native groundcover around perennials, trees and shrubs.

In the language of flowers, violets represent love everlasting, remembrance and spiritual wisdom.

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