Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana) – Blue Hardy Winter Bedding (3 Plants in a White Tin Trough)

Blue pansies bring velvety, richly coloured flowers with classic pansy face markings to the garden from autumn through to spring, when little else is in bloom. This ready planted display holds three blue pansy plants (Viola x wittrockiana) growing together in a white tin trough with a moss finish.

Pansies are among the best loved of all bedding plants, compact and mounding with mid-green, rounded to oval leaves and a long flowering season. Winter flowering pansies like these are tough outdoors and will sit out frost and snow, then carry on flowering when the weather lifts.

The three plants arrive growing in the trough, so there is no potting to do. Stand it on a patio, doorstep or window ledge in full sun or partial shade, or use it to fill a gap by the front door.

Keep the compost moist but never waterlogged, deadhead spent flowers often to keep the blooms coming, and feed every two weeks with a balanced liquid fertiliser.

Cultural Information

• Botanical Name: Viola x wittrockiana
• Common Name: Pansy, Garden Pansy
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: Approx. 15-25cm tall and 20-30cm wide (variety dependent)
• Growth Habit: Compact, mounding bedding plant
• Perfect For: Patio containers, doorsteps, window ledges and garden borders
• Foliage: Mid-green, rounded to oval leaves with a lightly scalloped edge
• Flowering Time: Autumn through spring, with the best display in cooler months
• Flower Colour: Blue
• Planting Position: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil Type: Well-drained, fertile compost, kept moist
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Seasonal Interest: Autumn, winter and spring
• Type: Cool-season bedding plant