Pansies

It's Pansy-monium in the Greenhouse!

Let’s pause for a second and take a collective sigh of relief. The spring thaw is here. Pansies and violas just arrived in the greenhouse and they are fresh. Not coincidentally, they are cool-weather annuals that can tolerate temperatures down to 28 degrees F. However, to keep them looking their best, it is a good idea to protect or cover them if temps are getting close to freezing. Plant them now in containers and then in the ground when the soil warms up a bit. Plant pansies with other cold-tolerant annuals. Additional choices usually appreciate temperatures above 32-35 degrees F. Limited choices force simplicity, which is a good thing. More is not always more.

Shop pansies and violas here!

Check out these beauties:

• English Ivy
• Algerian Ivy – green and variegated
• Lysimachia Goldilocks
• Acorus Grass
• Asparagus Fern
• Herbs such as parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, and kale
• Forces bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, and muscari

Add height and interest to your plantings because pansies and their friends are low growing.

• Fresh (small and large) or faux pussy willow
• Curly willow
• Faux budding branch and forsythia

Pansies and violas prefer full sun and like to be watered well. Pinch off spent blooms at the base of the peduncle. Cool word, right? Double dare you to use that in a sentence today! And in case you didn't know, pansies and violas smell amazing and are actually attractive to our early pollinator friends.

Pansy party on, folks!