Ok so violas are my new favourite thing – Reddit Post

Going into my second summer of gardening and feel like i’m learning so much cool stuff!! I’m in zone 8 and my violas and pansies bloomed all through winter. I have about 6 colour variations altogether, 4 of which are violas. I let them go to seed, collected/saved some, but left some to do their thing.

Now this spring, I’ve noticed seedlings popping up everywhere! With my onions, in “vacant” pots, with other flowers.. I thought “that’s cute. I’ll wait until they flower so I can see what colour they are and transplant them with more intention”.

So yeah.. I forgot that cross pollination is a thing and now each day i’m finding new variations and patterns and I love them so much!!!! Even the subtle differences like the “outline” of the petals or the purple speckles!!!

I transplanted all the 2nd gen ones into a pot together now! Pictured are the first few hybrid flowers to bloom. For context, the original plants are yellow/purple, white/purple, all-yellow, and all-white.