- Plant pansies properly
- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- The right planting distance
- What soil does the plant need?
- What is the best planting time?
- When is flowering time?
- Properly cut pansies
- Water pansies
- Fertilize pansies properly
- Diseases
- pests
- hibernate
- Propagating pansies
- How do I plant correctly?
- Pansies in the pot
- How do pansies differ from horned violets
- trivia
- Beautiful varieties
They smile at us coquettishly with colorful flower faces and spread a good mood in the bed and on the balcony. Pansies are indispensable for the creatively designed garden. How good that the neat violets are so easy to care for.
Pansies come in many different colors
Table of Contents
Show all- Plant pansies properly
- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- The right planting distance
- What soil does the plant need?
- What is the best planting time?
- When is flowering time?
- Properly cut pansies
- Water pansies
- Fertilize pansies properly
- Diseases
- pests
- hibernate
- Propagating pansies
- How do I plant correctly?
- Pansies in the pot
- How do pansies differ from horned violets
- trivia
- Beautiful varieties
- Thoroughly weed the bed, loosen it up and work it into fine crumbs
- Dig small pits 20 cm apart and enrich the soil with compost
- Unpot pansies, plant down to the lower pair of leaves and water
- If the soil dries up, pour directly onto the roots
- Fertilize organically every 4 weeks during the growing season until the end of flowering
- Cut out faded pansies for a magnificent second bloom
- Slight winter protection in the bed only required in the case of frost in the form of a covering of leaves or brushwood
- Propagation in seedbeds or greenhouses in June/July, planting out in August
- Sow directly in the bed in July or August
- Ready plants from the garden center plant in August
- Clean faded pansies regularly
- Cut close to the ground at the end of the first flowering period in winter or early spring
- In the early morning, collect the rigid snails with a pair of tongs
- Lay out moving barriers around the bed made of pointed materials such as chippings or sawdust
- Collect, dry and scatter coffee grounds as they are toxic to snails
- Pile up garden pansies in the bed with leaves and needles
- Optionally cover with breathable garden fleece
- Water on frost-free days, provided there is no rain or snow
- Harvest the seeds and sow behind glass or in beds from June
- Division of the root ball in spring or autumn
- Cut off runners, root in pots and plant out
- In case of dryness, pour directly onto the roots
- Fertilize liquid every 2-3 weeks from the beginning of the shoot until the end of the flowering period
- Rinse faded flowers regularly
- Pansies are biennials - horned violets are perennials
- Pansies grow up to 30 cm high - horned violets rarely reach 20 cm
- The single pansy flower is 6 cm in size - horned violet flowers reach 3 cm in diameter
- Alpensee: The pansy sets the scene with its deep, dark blue, huge flowers; Growth height 15-30 cm
- Evening glow: The burgundy-red flowers with black spots create a noble look; Growth height 15-30 cm
- Tasty: The pansy for snacking, with slightly ruffled blossoms also a feast for the eyes; Growth height 15-20 cm
- Joker Poker Face: novelty with rich orange flowers edged with deep purple; Growth height 15-20 cm
- Germania: Extremely decorative variety thanks to double flowers and frilled edges; Growth height 20 cm
Plant pansies properly
August is the best time to plant ready-grown pansies. If you miss this date, plant the flowers in April/May. How to do it right:
An organic mulch layer has a beneficial effect on rooting. In addition, it should be watered repeatedly, especially if there is no rain, so that the delicate roots can establish themselves quickly.
Continue reading
care tips
Extensive care is not required for pansies to show their most beautiful side. This is what the beautiful faces value:
If you cultivate the violets in the pot, the hibernation outdoors is under a bad star. It is better to put the containers away before the first frost and take them outside again when the temperature rises.
Continue reading
Which location is suitable?
The garden pansy prefers a sunny to semi-shady location in order to showcase its floral talents perfectly. This works best in nutrient-rich and humus-rich soil that is not too dry. The crumb should be loose and permeable to prevent waterlogging when it rains. In balcony boxes and pots, the flower tolerates common compost-based pot plant substrate, to which you add some sand or perlite.
Continue reading
The right planting distance
Arrange pansies in the bed with a planting distance of 15 to 20 cm from each other. In this way, each specimen can develop unhindered without creating unsightly gaps. In the balcony box, reduce the distance between the plants by about 5 cm to create an opulent look.
What soil does the plant need?
Don't let your pansies starve, because the colorful blooms require plenty of nutrients. Therefore, choose a location with deep, fresh, moist and nutritious soil. If in doubt, optimize the soil composition by adding compost, bark humus, horn shavings (€32.93) or leaf compost. You can loosen up loamy, heavy soil in no time at all by mixing in a handful of sand.
What is the best planting time?
Since pansies mostly thrive as biennial plants, choosing the right planting date becomes a priority. How to do it right:
Alternatively, grow pansies on the windowsill in February/March for planting in April/May. These plants, on the other hand, do not have the robust constitution of violets grown outdoors and planted in late summer.
When is flowering time?
The chosen planting date defines the flowering time. Pansies planted in August will flower for the first time in October if the weather conditions are suitable, only to repeat their flower festival next spring from March. If frost stays at home in winter, well-groomed violets bloom tirelessly and do not take a winter break. If you regularly cut out faded stems, the distinctive flowers will adorn the garden well into the summer. If they had enough opportunity to seed themselves, the offspring will follow the two-year-old Violas on their heels.
Continue reading
Properly cut pansies
The violets leave the decision up to the gardener. You can let nature take its course and remove the pruning from the care program. In this case, you will not like the appearance of the withered, sadly drooping flowers. In order to enjoy neat pansies with a never-ending flowering period and a well-groomed garden look, the scissors are used as follows:
Proceed in the same way in the second year, whereby the plants are now given the opportunity to multiply from one force by means of seed. Therefore, do not cut off all withered flower stalks in a timely manner, but leave about a third in the bed for the formation of seed heads.
Water pansies
Pansies prefer a balanced water balance both in the bed and in the planter. A constantly light substrate that dries a bit in the meantime meets the requirements perfectly. Please note that drought stress is the most common problem for flowers during the winter period. Therefore, water on frost-free days when there is no snow in winter.
Fertilize pansies properly
With organic fertilizer you meet the nutrient requirements of pansies in an exemplary manner. Compost, horn shavings,(32.93€) guano,(121.99€) bark humus and plant manure contain all the important ingredients for vital growth and a lush bloom. A start fertilization with the beginning of the sprouting should be refreshed repeatedly at intervals of 4 weeks until the flowering period ends.
Continue reading
Diseases
If there are health problems with pansies, the fungal infection powdery mildew is usually behind it. The plant disease, which is widespread in the garden, manifests itself in the form of a mealy-grey patina on the upper and lower sides of the leaves. Do not hesitate if you see this symptom, but immediately cut out all infected parts of the plant. Treat the remaining violets repeatedly with a spray of 1 part fresh milk (no UHT milk) and 9 parts water. The lecithin contained in milk exerts an effective and repellent effect on fungal spores.
Continue reading
pests
Unfortunately, the juicy foliage and delicate flowers are the favorite food of voracious snails. To prevent the pests that are omnipresent in the home garden from eating up your lovingly bred pansies, you can ward off the plague as follows:
In the garden, any snail plague is history if you can house Indian runner ducks there. If the cute beneficial insects have a garden pond and a winter quarters within the fenced area, they enthusiastically hunt the slimy pests all day long and eat them with great pleasure.
hibernate
The wild form of the pansy (Viola tricolor) withstands temperatures down to -30 degrees Celsius. The resulting garden pansy (Viola wittrockiana) with its diverse varieties is at least frost-resistant down to -23 degrees. However, these ideal values apply to typical snowy weather in a partially shaded location in nutrient-rich, permeable soil. If there is no protective snow cover in the freezing frost, we recommend the following precautions:
In the balcony box or bucket there is always a need for winter protection so that the small root balls do not freeze through. Wrap the jars in foil and slide a block of wood underneath. Small pots with a diameter of less than 30 cm settle in frost-free, bright winter quarters.
Continue reading
Propagating pansies
For the ambitious hobby gardener, it is a matter of honor to propagate his most beautiful pansies on his own. The following methods are available for this purpose:
Since harvesting the tiny seeds of pansies requires a good deal of tact and nerves of steel, we recommend purchasing certified seeds from specialist retailers. In this case, you can also be sure of the color of the young plants, which is not the case with seeds that you have harvested yourself.
Continue reading
How do I plant correctly?
Because pansies thrive as biennials, it's not worth the hassle of transplanting for either relocation or regeneration. If you want the pretty faces in a different place in the garden, simply sow the seeds there from July or plant ready-grown specimens from the garden center in August.
Pansies in the pot
Fill a pot with drainage at the bottom and potting soil on top, pansies will thrive in it non-stop. How to care for the beautiful faces in a sunny to partially shaded location:
Before the first frost, move the biennial flowers to bright, frost-free winter quarters. Water during the winter so much that the root ball does not dry out and do not give fertilizer.
How do pansies differ from horned violets
Since horned violets look like small pansies at first glance, both plant species are often lumped together. While both flowers are from the violet family, there are distinct differences that affect care.
The flower shape of both plant species also shows differences. The pansy boasts 4 petals pointing upwards and 1 downwards, while the spurred violet has 3 petals pointing toward the sky and 2 toward the ground.
trivia
It seems to have sprung from the realm of fables and amazes plant lovers. It really does exist, the pansy orchid. If you take a look at the tropical blossom beauty, the riddle is already solved. The beautiful Miltonia orchid boasts flowers that are amazingly similar to a pansy. Botanically, however, there is no relationship between the two plant species.