2022年10月7日 · You can find violas in shades of violet, white, blue and yellow, and you can expect violas, like pansies, to act as annuals or short-lived perennials. Violas are also easy to start from seed which can be more economical.

Native to the Pyrenees, this popular viola with a light fragrance is often used as a bedding plant. They spread by creeping, ascending stems to 12” wide. They are typically grown as perennials, however, can also be grown as biennials or annuals. Blooming in the spring make this a great companion plant for tulips.

2022年4月5日 · Also known as viola tricolor, or wild pansies, Johnny-jump-ups are a European wildflower and is the ancestor to cultivated pansies. The flowers can be blue, purple, yellow, or white and are approximate one-half-inch in diameter atop short stems.

2012年12月25日 · Violets and pansies require similar growing conditions, except violets need partial to full shade while pansies withstand full sun to partial shade. Violets are native to deciduous forests so they need some sunlight during flowering season to produce blooms.

2024年6月11日 · Pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) are vigorous, fast-growing, colorful flowers that are a great choice for early and late-season containers or garden beds. In the violet family, Violaceae, the flowers have almost heart-shaped, overlapping petals in bright colors or bi-colors, often with face-like center markings.

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.

Learn more about the native violet selection on our Northwest Natives Viola page. Annual pansies and violas are invaluable for winter and spring color in Portland. They provide mass color in borders and flower beds.

2022年4月8日 · If so, Mammoth series pansies could be your next favorite flowers, and I heartily recommend the one named ‘Viva La Violet.’ This cultivar has tricolor blooms that are three to four inches in diameter, with rich purple and cream-white faces, and spritely yellow centers.

2016年10月5日 · Viola flowers are smaller than their Pansy cousins – about the size of a nickel – but much more abundant. Violas also tend to be more heat and cold tolerant so that means an extended blooming season.

2022年3月9日 · One of the most recognized garden flowers, just about every gardener has come across a viola, pansy, or violet. Frost-tolerant beauties, they’re one of the first flowers to enjoy in the early season. And with such a low price point, you …