Pansy
Viola x wittrockiana
Annuals
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Viola x wittrockiana Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Viola x wittrockiana |
| Common Name: | pansy |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | useful as a cool season annual beds & borders, container plantings, hanging baskets |
| Characteristics | |
| Plant Form: | rounded |
| Height: | 4 - 8 inches |
| Spread: | 8 - 12 inches |
| Foliage: | simple, ovate leaves with serrate margins |
| Flower: | large, purple, yellow, white, orange, blue, pink, and lavender flowers with overlapping
petals held in a single plane flowers can be a solid color or a combination of up to three colors in a variety of patterns; blotches on the petals frequently make a "face" pattern flowers are edible |
| Bloom Period: | Fall, Winter, Spring |
| Environment | |
| Sun: | light shade |
| Water: | medium water requirement |
| Soil: | prefers a well-drained, moist soil that is richly organic |
| Heat Tolerance: | low heat tolerance tolerates frost |
| Care | |
| Maintenance: | do not replant repeatedly in same location deadhead faded flowers for continued flowering rapid growth rate propagation by seed |
| Pests & Pathology: | susceptible to root rot, leaf spot, and slugs |
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