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The garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) is a type of polychromatic large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. [2] It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium ("the pansies") [3] of the genus Viola, particularly V. tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease.
Viola tricolor is a common European wild flower, growing as an annual or short-lived perennial.The species is also known as wild pansy, Johnny Jump up (though this name is also applied to similar species such as the yellow pansy), heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, love-in-idleness, and pink of my john.
Pansies are the ideal cold-weather flower for gardeners. They are a great way to incorporate color into a winter landscape and thrive in partial shade. Plant either in planters or directly in the ...
Pansies and violas used for bedding are generally raised from seed, and F1 hybrid seed strains have been developed which produce compact plants of reasonably consistent flower coloring and appearance. Bedding plants are usually discarded after one growing season.
Plants used for spring bedding are often biennials (sown one year to flower the next), or hardy, but short-lived, perennials. Spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips are often used, typically with forget-me-nots, wallflowers, winter pansies and polyanthus.
Viola pedunculata is a perennial, growing from a spongy rhizome.The plant is often low-growing, but can reach a height of 6 inches (15 cm). The leaves are 1-5.5 cm long, cordate (heart-shaped) to deltate-ovate (oblong-triangular), scalloped or toothed, and glabrous or hairy. [4]
Junonia, a genus of nymphalid butterflies commonly known as pansies; Sea pansy, a marine organism formed of a collection of polyps;
Bare Ground Is Better Than Pansies. A North Carolina man thought he was being helpful when he planted a few dozen pansies in a neglected part of a common area in his subdivision. The HOA disagreed ...