In February, the first colorful splashes of purple, yellow, white, light and dark blue pansies appear in the balcony boxes and patio pots. Their flowers can be admired in countless color variations until mid-summer.
When are pansies blooming?
Pansies (Viola wittrockiana) usually bloom from February to August or even October/November in mild weather. Sow seeds in June for autumn flowering or in August/September for spring and summer flowering.
The flowering pansies can easily be transplanted at any time, so that you can add color to perennial beds that are still bare in spring. A large selection of varieties - also double and with several flower colors on one plant - are offered.
The large flowers of the garden pansy (Viola wittrockiana) consist of:
- five partially overlapping petals,
- the middle, largest petal faces downwards,
- the smaller petals arranged in pairs above are directed upwards,
- The characteristic black eye sits in the middle of the flower.
Autumn Blossom
The pansies sown in early summer bloom in October/November and, if the weather is mild, throughout the winter. In order to enjoy the colorful flowers of the pansies on the dreary autumn days, the seeds should be sown in June at the latest. Of course you can buy blooming pansies everywhere in autumn.
Spring and summer blooms
For spring flowering, the seeds are sown outdoors in August/September or the young plants are grown in a cool room in the winter months. The pansies bloom tirelessly from April to June. The cheerful, colorful flowers can accompany us until August if you consistently remove the dead flowers and thus stimulate further branching and flower formation.
Tips & Tricks
The plants that have bloomed and been banned from the balcony boxes can be composted or used to fill one or two gaps in the garden beds. Under favorable conditions they can sow themselves there.
