Heartsease is a colorful variety of the viola flower, also known as “Johnny Jump-ups” or Viola tricolor.
They’re among the earlier of spring flowers. There’s nothing quite as cheerful as a patch of Johnny Jump-ups poking their heads above the snow!
Meet the Heartsease Fairy:
Like the richest velvet
(I’ve heard the fairies tell)
Grow the handsome pansies
within the garden wall;
When you praise their beauty,
remember me as well —
Think of little Heart’s-ease,
the brother of them all!
Come away and seek me
when the year is young,
Through the open ploughlands
beyond the garden wall;
Many names are pretty
and many songs are sung:
Mine — because I’m Heart’s-ease —
are prettiest of all!
Buy the book containing this fairy and the other fairies of spring:
