@californiacottagegarden: Viola flowers are edible and nutritious: Both the flowers and leaves of the Viola (including pansies and sweet violets) are edible and rich in vitamins A and C. They are great to decorate drinks, cakes, food. Fun reference to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, specifically the "love potion" recipe was made from the juice of the wild pansy (Viola tricolor). This juice, when squeezed onto a sleeping person's eyelids, it then forces them to madly dote on the next live creature they see. It was a great romantic comedy by Shakespeare, of course it’s fiction. #flowers #gardening #cottagegarden #MomsofTikTok #cottagecore