Johnny-jump-ups

Small tricolor flowers

Johnny-jump-ups are small wild pansies with purple, yellow, and white flowers that bloom early in spring and reseed prolifically, popping up unexpectedly in gardens and lawns.

The name captures how they appear unbidden, as if jumping up from nowhere: The Johnny-jump-ups have taken over the flower bed again.

flower

viola

Midrange bowed instrument

petals · blossom · self-seeding · edible · herbaceous · perennial · biennial · cultivar · ornamental · pollination

color

purple

Hue between crimson and azure

bicolor · faces · markings · pastels · vibrant · variegated · streaked · golden · violet · lavender

spring

vernal

Relating to spring

cool-season · budbreak · renewal · daffodils · tulips · crocus · primrose · snowdrops · reseeding · woodland

garden

bedding

Materials covering a mattress

edging · groundcover · seedlings · transplanting · cottage · rockery · naturalizing · companion · woodland · shade-tolerant

Opposites
flower size and showiness

Johnny-jump-upsroses

Thorny flowering shrubs

peonies · hothouse flowers · gladiolus · hydrangeas · delphiniums

cultivation formality

Johnny-jump-upstopiary

Shaped shrub sculpture

cultivation effort and fussiness

Johnny-jump-upsorchids

Tropical flowering plants

gardenias

Family

Johnny, jump, john, johns, jumped, jumping, jumps, jumper, jumpers

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G