Violas are beautiful edible flowers, that make for an attractive addition to green salads.

as well as herb and grain salads, they have a mild pea flavour. Violas are most often used for garnishing and crystallising. They are often mixed with other potted herbs and greens in soups, stews and stir-frys. They are cooked down with sugar to make syrups and jams. The Violas edible flowers can be used to flavour oils, vinegar, beverages, butter and tea. Violas are colourful and come in a variety of bright colours, white, orange, burgundy, yellow and purple.

Medicinally, Violas are nature’s vitamin pill, full of vitamin C. Violas have been used as a natural way to treat arthritis, headache and body pain as they contain salicylic acid, an anti-inflammatory that is found in aspirin. Syrup from violas was made to help treat coughs and colds. These edible flowers can also be softened into a paste and applied topically to treat acne, eczema and other skin irritations. 

Viola edible flowers have been used in herbal and Chinese medicine for centuries.  All parts of the plant are edible and are a good source of nutrients.  Violas have been used to break down the density of tumors believed to prevent them from turning cancerous. Violas are used to ease headaches and dizziness because of the salicylic acid.

The edible flower Viola is a beautiful little flower loved for its charm, versatility that adds a swath of gorgeous colors to the garden. The modern violas come from the tri- color viola (yellow, white and purple) a European wildflower.  The five delicate petals of the flower can be single or bi-colored and are attached to a central core with short dark purple to black stripes extending outward from the flowers center.

Some varieties are beautiful pastel shades such as apricot, peach and pink denoting a gentle tenderness towards another person.  Blue is generally an uncommon color in flowers except pansies, which have pastel shades of blue, violet blues, dark blues and true blues.  Color meaning in pansies can be very simple or complex. Other colors in pansies include burgundy, deep orange, copper, purple, light purple, black, white and subtle variations of these colors.

The colourful edible flowers Viola are a symbol of the admiration and love of people for each other.