NEW! Fizzy Fruit Salad Pansy Seeds, Viola wittrockiana(4 Seeds)
Ruffled, candy-colored blooms that look good enough to eat and are! Fizzy Fruit Salad mixes rich ldquo;fruitrdquo; tones, raspberry, grape, berry-swirl bicolors, lemon and peach, on frilly, lightly scented pansies that flower hard in cool weather. Plants stay compact and are perfect for window boxes, baskets, and beds. In true pansy fashion, they shrug off light frost, take a breather in summer heat, then bounce back for a brilliant fall show.Expect natural variation, each plant is a little surprise, and cooler temps deepen the ruffling and contrast.Pansies (Viola times; wittrockiana) are perennials by nature. They can survive multiple seasons in mild climates where winters are not too harsh and summers are not too hot. 🌱 to Plant Pansy Seeds (by USDA Zone)Zones 3ndash;4 (cold winters, short growing season)Start indoors: Early to mid-JuneTransplant outdoors: Late July to early August for fall bloomSpring bloom: Start seeds indoors in late January to early February; transplant in AprilPansies are best as spring bloomers here unless you can protect them over winter with mulch or low tunnels.Zones 5ndash;6Fall bloom: Start seeds indoors in Junendash;July; transplant outdoors in AugustSpring bloom: Start indoors in late January to mid-February; transplant outside in Marchndash;AprilThese zones can handle fall planting if seedlings are well established by the first frost.Zone 7Fall bloom: Start seeds indoors in late June to early July; plant outdoors in late AugustSpring bloom: Sow indoors in January for early spring plantingYou can plant pansies in fall for color through winter and early spring, especially with a mild winter.Zone 8Fall bloom: Start seeds in July; plant outside by mid-SeptemberSpring bloom: Start in late December to early January indoors if neededFall-planted pansies will often bloom through winter into early spring.Zone 9Best as fall/winter annualsStart indoors: AugustTransplant outdoors: Mid-September to OctoberAvoid summer planting mdash; itrsquo;s too hot. These are great winter bloomers in mild climates.Zone 10ndash;11 (hot climates)Fall/winter onlyStart seeds indoors in Augustndash;SeptemberTransplant outdoors in Octoberndash;NovemberPlant only when temperatures begin cooling down mdash; pansies will bloom through winter and early spring but wonrsquo;t survive summer heat.Short-lived perennial/biennial/annual based on growing zone (varies, zones 3-11)Grows 6-8 inches tall and wideThis is for 4/20/40 seeds