Pansy Flower - Pansies

The pansy flower is often called "the flower with a face" because of the darker shade in the middle.  It has one of the largest variety of colors of garden flowers, ranging from white, yellow, orange, apricot, pink, red, lavender, purple, blue, bronze, black, and mahogany.  The pansy can have just one color or a mix of two or more colors to form the "face" in the middle.  The yellow and blue pansies provide the strongest yet subtle fragrance.

Pansies make an ideal plant for high altitude gardens, as well as early and late season plantings at lower elevations where the plants blooms especially well in spring and fall.  Pansies do very well in cool weather and tolerate light frost and cold temperatures at night.  Basically, the pansy is a plant of all seasons. 

Your pansy flowers will thrive in morning sun and well drained soil.  When planting, spread your plants approximately 6 to 8 inches apart.  A time-released fertilizer can be used at the time of planting to ensure healthy plants and long term blooming.  Once planted, make sure you water them thoroughly.  When pansies don't perform well it's usually because they're not getting enough water.  To help reduce weeds around your pansies and to keep the moisture in you can use mulch with organic matter.

Mass them in an area or an entire bed with for a striking spring effect. They also are great in windowsills and containers.

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Accord Black Beauty Pansy The Pansy Accord Black Beauty, 'Viola x wittrockiana', produces black flowers that appear on uniform plants. The blooms are two inches across and are eye catching being completely black. This variety blooms all season and is a great conversation starter for your garden.	Delta True Blue Pansy The Pansy Delta True Blue, 'Viola x wittrockiana', produces true blue flowers that appear brightly colorful against a green backdrop in bright sunlight. This unique and attractive plant grows 6 to 8 inches with a 2 inch blue flower.
Fama Deep Orange Pansy The Pansy Fama Deep Orange, 'Viola x wittrockiana', produces deep orange flowers that appear brightly colorful against a green backdrop in bright sunlight. The Fama Deep Orange Pansies unique color that will draw attention in any garden. This unique and attractive plant grows 6 to 8 inches with a 2 inch orange flower. The deep orange color makes this a great mix with Accord Black Beauty.	Purple Rain Pansy The Pansy Purple Rain, 'Viola x wittrockianais', is most unique in that it is a mounding, cascading pansy, perfect as a border plant in the landscape or ideally suited to baskets, planters and window boxes. The dark purple flowers with hints of blue in the center make it an attractive choice for gardeners. The Purple Rain Pansy pansy reaches heights of 12 to 18 inches without a leggy look. This free flowering variety that is ideal for hanging baskets, flower towers, pouches, and groundcovers. It is the most cold tolerant pansy available with excellent overwintering capabilities.
Ultima Morpho Pansy The Pansy Ultima Morpho,' Pansy Ultima Morpho', is an Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner and an All American Selections Winner and is named after the Morpho butterfly from Costa Rica, which is also blue and yellow. This delicate pastel blue and yellow pansy produces variable combinations of color on compact, continuously flowering plants. Named after the beautiful 'Morpho' butterfly, this variety is extremely heat tolerant and vigorous. The distinctive bicolor blooms show mid-blue upper petals, with bright yellow lower petals and "whiskers".	Pansy - Majestic Giant Purple Blotch The Pansy Majestic Giant Purple Blotch, 'Viola x wittrockianais', is most unique in that it has the largest flowers of any faced pansies. It is perfect as a border plant in the landscape or ideally suited to baskets, planters or window boxes. The purple flowers with a darker colored blotch make it an attractive choice for gardeners.
Pansy - Majestic Giant Red Blotch The Pansy Majestic Giant Red Blotch, 'Viola x wittrockianais', is most unique in that it has the largest flowers of any faced pansies. It is perfect as a border plant in the landscape or ideally suited to baskets, planters or window boxes. The red flowers with a darker colored blotch make it a good selection to add a flair of romance to your garden.	Pansy - Majestic Giant Yellow Blotch The Pansy Majestic Giant Yellow Blotch, 'Viola x wittrockianais', is most unique in that it has the largest flowers of any faced pansies. It is perfect as a border plant in the landscape or ideally suited to baskets, planters or window boxes. The yellow flowers with a darker colored blotch is an excellent choice to provide color contrast or make your flower bed brighter.