By elizabethbit on Skatehive
Violas or pansies…..what’s the difference between them? We are into another 🙄 atmospheric river with the potential for flooding yet again. In the last 24 hours, we’ve had 1.1” of rain with a forecast touting numbers for tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday at 100% chance and for Friday, only a 95% chance. Best be getting the boats and amphibious vehicles out! With the sky leaking so badly, we decided to go to Bellingham for the afternoon. There was an item needed from the Home Depot, so I took the opportunity to spy a few more flowers. My attention landed on the pansy and the viola and what maybe made them different. I asked ChatGPT for information. Violas and pansies are closely related flowering plants—both belong to the genus Viola—and are especially popular in cool-season gardens. They look similar at first glance, but there are some clear differences. It said the scientific name is Viola × wittrockiana. The blooms typically are 2”-4” across and have “bold faces”. They have a wide ran