“Let’s start with the smallest first, that beautiful little wild flower that grows on mountains and in forests throughout the scenic north of the country, the violet or banafsha as it is known here. There are actually two main varieties of this pretty plant, viola odorata and viola canina.
Viola odorata, with its wonderful fragrance, has been grown commercially since 400 BC both for use in the pharmaceutical and the perfumery industries. All parts of the plant are used in herbal remedies. A herbal preparation is used internally for bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and cancers of the breast, stomach, lungs or that of the digestive tract. Externally an extraction is used for mouth and throat infections and also in aromatherapy for bronchial complaints and exhaustion.
And, as if this isn’t enough, the plant has its uses in the kitchen, too. Flowers and young leaves can be added to salads or made into a soothing tea
Flowers can also be candied and eaten as sweets or used as cake decorations, however, this method of preserving I do not recommend as it uses too much sugar and is very heavy on gas or electricity due to the lengthy oven time required and is definitely not cost effective at all. “
Excepted from: http://pakenvironmentandhealth.org/cont ... le-pansies
, some silent neighbourhood admirer of your garden must have gifted them from his own garden. Does your neighbours also have nice well planned gardens comparable to yours?