Viola x wittrockiana Open-pollinated. Perennial to Zone 6. After a drear mud season, put a little razzle-dazzle in your spring and early summer garden. Heart-shaped leaves on mounded 4–6" plants with heart shaped leaves are covered with a splendid panoply of 3" mostly bicolor flowers, with darker whiskers and yellow eyes to dress up their array—in lemonade, orange, raspberry, blue, yellows, and white. Just imagine these edible lightly fragrant beauties on a salad. In colder zones, straw mulch will help them overwinter. ⑤
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Pansy
~580 seeds/g except where noted.
Annual or short-lived perennial. Burpee’s in 1888 called the pansy “the most popular of all flowers grown from seed,” and sold more than 100,000 packets per year. James Vick’s Sons sold 27 different kinds and mixtures in 1895. For thoughts, remembrance, from the French pensée.
Culture: Old-fashioned bedding plant thrives in cool moist conditions. Among the first to revive in spring. Start 2 months prior to planting in a cool (60–65°) place. Cover seed to germinate. Takes about 12 days. Grow on in very cool temperatures—preferably below 50°. Likes partial sun.
