The Environment Envir. When I first moved to Quebec from Arizona one of the first statements my new hubby made to me was that wild violets did not grow here. I gently took him by the hand and led him over to our huge sugar maple tree and showed him that growing at the base was a small cluster of wild violets.
Violets come in many varieties and can be found in deciduous woods as well as open prairie.
I have found them all over the USA and as well as here in southern Canada. The blooms come in the palest of white to a deep purple and on occasion I have found areas bountiful in a delicate yellow violet. All varieties of violets are edible but some varieties might be cathartic, especially the yellow variety, and should be eaten with moderation. Harvesting the blooms for jelly will in no-way harm the reproduction of violets. The seed pod is a tiny, easily overlooked cylinder that will produce latter in the summer and is not adversely effected by the harvest of the blooms or new leaves in the early spring.