Viola Invasion?

This Spring, I have had a big burst of viola invasion in the garden. I use them as a live mulch for underneath the lemon-lime tree and Mandarin tree. The flowers are so amazing and I use them in all sorts of infusion and added them in salad. 

However, looks like no matter how much I use them, they seem to produce so much seeds. Obviously because of the nature of the flower, those seeds popped and scattered all over the garden.

These photos were taken from the violas around the Aloe Vera plants. As you can see, there are lots of tiny seedlings growing:

The pretty little flowers:

I use the flower together with Aloe Vera gel and juice for sunburn relief. They're awesome together. And that was why I planted them together. It makes things easier in harvesting.

Happy Aloe Vera in Unexpected Spot

There is a tiny little patch of soil at my backyard, next to the laundry lines. I remember when I first moved in, I thought the spot looked horrible. It was dry, dirty (lots of dog hair, broken clothes pegs and rags). So, for a few months the spot was not occupied by anything. I didn't have the heart to plant anything there. 

I eventually tidied up that space, dug out some of the crushed rocks and topped it with some decent all purpose soil. I also realised how hot it is on that spot (brilliant spot for hanging laundry by the way). But, what kind of plant will survive there?!

At that time(probably about 2 years ago), my Aloe Vera was tiny and occupied a square plastic pot. I took a risk and planted it on the ground on that spot. Could be my luck or I do in fact have green thumbs, the Aloe Vera grew wild! 

I've harvested so many leaves of Aloe Vera for sunburn relieve and for face lotion. And this year, there were lots of little pups starting to develop. So, I separated them and replanted them along that same spot:

I also planted Johnny Jump Up Viola around them. I blend the Aloe Vera leaves gel and the viola flowers for sunburn relieve lotion, so I thought mind as well plant them at the same spot.

The original Aloe Vera plant had started developing pups again now:

It won't be long until I have to separate them again.