Sally flew home on Monday — having said nothing of Johnny-jump-up Wally during our weekend phone calls. |
But Johnny-jump-up suits 'em best, for it kind o' tells how they come up in the spring. |
Likewise, there will surely be love-in-idleness, Viola tricolor, though you may have to write in that old-fashioned name: packets will probably be labeled Johnny-jump-up. |
The wild pansy, also known as johnny-jump-up, heartsease, and love-in-idleness, has been widely naturalized in North America. |
Dmitri explained that JOHNNY-JUMP-UP had to be typed entirely using lowercase letters, as otherwise the left hand would be needed to use the shift key to type the hyphen. |