Marly, I am a total guesser though, yes I believe these are English native Violets. I will need to look more deeply though to find them. These sound as if they are North American.
http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/wild_violet_17/
http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/wild_violet_17/
your making me want to get a camera so I can take pictures of my purple verbenas and Ranunculus.
Your place sounds so charming! My mom had a nightingale that took up residence in her yard in a suburban area no less. She named it Pavarotti but after a while he woke her up so much that she wanted him dead. The poor thing practically had a ransom on its head. Come to think of it, he has been gone for a while…
Marly
I have joined a British Wildlife forum and the Commander has said the following:
“Your Violets are Sweet Violets (Viola odorata) they commonly occur in blue-purple or white forms and you can more rarely find them with pink, wine-purple or even orange-yellow flowers. They are a native species but various forms have also frequently escaped from gardens and it can be almost impossible to tell if any given population is truely native”.
Thank you Commander.
hope you are having a great week!
Thanks, Robert and Commander! This picture is certainly what I call violet!
Happy Easter–