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Published: 2016-04-17 20:36:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 385; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 3
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Day 7 of 10 days of flower photography to celebrate spring! Today we have an assortment of heartsease (Viola tricolor), also known as the wild pansy as it is the progenitor to the cultivated garden pansy. The heartsease is an edible plant with some medicinal properties. Herbalists once used it to help treat skin diseases and and inflammation.Day 1: Pomponette English Daisies
Day 2: Fuchsia
Day 3: Heliconia Bihai
Day 4: Bleeding Hearts
Day 5: Calla Lily
Day 6: Sakura Blossoms
Day 7: Heartsease
Day 8: Raspberry Swirl Tea Roses
Day 10: Orange Cassini Triumph Tulips
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These are growing wild here in Sweden, were pretty! I didn't know it had all those medical properties though, that's really cool!
Yeah, I heard these ones can form hybrids with garden pansies aswell.
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Nice! The only native medicinal plants growing near us are prickly pear cactus, which unfortunately aren't very pretty for most of the year. XD I'm sure some of the heartsease in this photo may have been hybrids, since they were right next to garden pansies! Initially I actually wasn't sure whether to label these as heartsease or pansies, since some looked like one or the other... but probably were just the hybrids!
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Haha, what can you use prickly pear cactus for then? ^^
Cool, then they must have been hybrids, that's pretty cool to see. You can usually tell by the greater flower size and array of colors.
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Prickly pear can be used to make things like jam, pies, and wine, though I think it is also sold as a pill supplement for things like diabetes and colitis. To my recollection, I haven't actually tasted it though, even though they're found all over the hills here. 
And that's neat to know that these were most likely hybrids! You're very well versed in all sorts of plants, from succulents to flowers to trees!
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Really? Had no idea that prickly pears could be used for such an array of things! Do you want to try and make jam or pie with them one day?
Thank you! I do enjoy gardening after all.
You're a very talented person aswell, and I admire your skills! ^^
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I would love to try to use prickly pear in a recipe one day! I think it'd be fun to at least say that I attempted using it before, even if it turns out to be a complete mess haha. I remember the first time I tried to make flan, it had a consistency much closer to vomit, let alone the color...XD
Aww thank you! I admire your skills and talents as well- you have great control over your traditional pieces, from designing the poses to the coloring to the facial expressions!
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Oh my, hahaha! No matter what the outcome, it's still fun to say you've tried it! XD
Thank you, you're always so kind!
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