That's what I like to see - somebody without a question; somebody just sharing an observation; somebody sharing their enthisiasm and communicating a simple pleasure. Great stuff, Jennie! Thanks.

Mike - I guess I never envisioned the seeds forming in this manner. I always imagined some sort of roundish seed pod. Now I can see why these plants spread so quickly... :-)

I call the sororias the cuckoos of the violet world, they tend to pop up in everyone elses pot, being so vigorouse they will soon outgrow other species like odorata and eventualy kill them, so take care, I guess these are the only violets that I have the heart to pull out of a pot and throw away.
May I reiterate what Mike said that it is refreshing to hear such exuberance for the Violet. Clive Groves

Clive - I happened to find these on sale and since I had created a little shade area on my balcony with some fragile ferns, hosta, lily of the valley, etc., and I wanted some spring blooming flowers, I went for them! To me, violets are always a pleasant surprise in spring and I'm always excited to see them popping up when very little else is growing at that time!

Hey Jenny,

Did you plant the seeds? Did they come true to 'Freckles'?

-Robin

Robin - I let the seeds fall where they wanted. I have some leaves coming up now and I'm not sure if they are from the original plant crowns or from the seeds, but I'll see soon what the blooms look like.

I love Viola Sororia. I have spent lots of money trying to grow the fragrant french violets and have never gotten anything from them. They never survive past one year.

These are so nice for little girls to pick and make bunches of. No worries about them hurting the plants. My mother was a violet collector. We had many kinds and colors, including Freckles. I picked them as a child and still love them today.

I have Freckles in my garden that stated from seed and all the seeds it produced have grown true to Freckles.

It's a shame so many today see it as a weed. It's the state flower of Wisconsin, Illinois, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

Thankyou for the "state flower" information. V.sororia 'Freckles'is loved and treasured by some of my gardening friends here in Australia. Unfortunately slugs and snails sometimes demolish new growth in Spring so it is a good idea to collect a few seeds incase you need to replace them. I love the sororias generally for their rich green foliage and they make lovely potted specimens.

I just found out there is a variant called 'Dark Freckles' -- I'll have to get that one, I love 'Freckles' to death. The original few I grew from a packet of Thompson and Morgan seeds have multiplied into hundreds.