Pansy
From tiny, cheerful Johnny jump-ups to the stunning 3-inch blooms of Majestic Giant pansies, the genus Viola has a spectacular array of delightful plants for the spring garden.
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Pansy
Annual
These low-growing plants (6 to 10 inches tall) with five-petaled flowers are top sellers year after year for good reason.
Pansy - Viola wittrockiana hybrids (v. tricolor hortensis)
Pansies are the cultivated form of the native viola. There are many strains of pansies and violas available.
Pansy is one of our earliest garden flowers, being cultivated since at least the 16th Century in England.
Pansy
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The pansy is named from the French word pensée, which means thought. It is probably named that because the flower petals often resemble a human face and nod forward as if thinking deeply. Its relative, Viola, was named by Greeks in the 4th century B.
Pansy, Lady's Delight, Viola, Annual Violet
From tiny ¾-inch Johnny-jump-ups to giant pansy strains with flowers 5 inches across, Violas are beloved garden flowers.
Field Pansy
Characteristics
This small plant is often seen at the margins of arable fields or bare ground.
Pansy are grown from seeds. They like full to partial sun. Pansies can be directly seeded into your flower garden or seeded indoors for transplanting later.
Forest Pansy Eastern Redbud SER-sis kan-a-DEN-sis
Deciduous tree, 20 ft (6 m) tall and 25 ft (7.6 m) wide, spreading, horizontally tiered reddish branches.
Lathyrus 'Pansy Lavender Flush' is a lot shorter than the average sweet pea. Grow this one in containers or let sprawl through shrubs or perennials.
Photographed in author's garden.
The Forest Pansy Redbud conveys dark red purple leaves along with showy pink to lavender pea-like blossoms which appear before the leaves in the spring. The older leaves will eventually fade to a lighter green with purple hues.
Monkey-Faced Pansy, Magic Flower
Scientific Name: Achimenes longiflora DC.
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Violaceae / Violet Field Pansy (Viola bicolor)
Field Pansy is also known as Johnny-Jump-Up or Wild Pansy. Viola rafinesquii, Viola rafinesquei, Viola kitaibeliana Schult. var. rafinesquei. ...
vy-OH-lah Common Name: Pansy, Violet Synonyms: Erpetion
Viola is a large genus of 500 or so species of annuals, biennials, perennials, and subshrubs from temperate areas worldwide.
( Baby Lucia Pansy )
'Baby Lucia' bears somewhat smaller flowers with a blue backround and yellow markings from spring through summer. The Allegro Series cultivars produce large flowers in a variety of colors and markings.
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' vernac. Redbud
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Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
Genus: Cercis
Species: canadensis
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Pansy seeds may also be dug into the ground in late August to winter over. Sow seed in a moistened growing medium and cover lightly with fine soil.
Pansy, Karma™ Light Blue
Karma™ Light Blue Pansy produces blooms of pastel blue. Karma Pansies love cool seasons.
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Pansy. Not a native but grows well.
Passifloraceae. Passion Flower. Locally the Passiflora incarnata, Passiflora caerulea, granadilla P. edulis, Passiflora lingularis and Passiflora quadrangularis.
15cm, Horned Pansy has rather large, pale lilac blue, slightly fragrant flowers and a white center, lower petal with lilac veins above loosely arranged, oblong-narrow, dark green leaves.
Pansy, a member of the violet family, is a cool-season crop that may be grown in borders, edging and window boxes. It can even be used for cut flowers. Pansies are considered a perennial plant, which means they live longer than one growing season.
Pansy flowers can be single, clear colors with no markings. The most common types of pansies have a dark center called a face.
Pansy 'Nature Plum Purple'
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Pansy leaves are used on the Continent in place of litmus in acid and alkali tests.
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These pansy, viola, and dianthus varieties flowered right through the grayest winter days: 'Clear Sky Primrose', 'Baby Bingo Denim', and 'Wink Red and Yellow', pansies; 'Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow' and Sorbet and Velour series violas; ...
The popular 'Forest Pansy' redbud sports bright bronze young leaves that changes to a darker burgundy or purple shades as they mature.
Japanese Plum Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia Japanese Plum Yew 'Duke Gardens' Cephalotaxus harringtonia Upright Japanese PlumYew 'Fastigiata' Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsura Tree Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' ...
This is an important parent of the pansy orchids. Late summer and fall bloom. Miltoniopsis roezlii Colombian. Pale green foliage masses produce two to four 4-inch white flowers with a deep purple blotch. An important parent of the pansy orchids.
Achimenes 'Purple King' (Perennial Orchid Pansy)
Over the years, we have found a few of the normally tropical African violet relative, achimenes, that survive in our Zone 7b garden.
"Penny Orange" Tufted Pansy,
Horned Viola,
or Jump Up
There are several V. cornuta "Penny" hybrids in different colors & bicolors.
- Pansy (Viola tricolor). Longitudinal section of flower; v, bracteole on the peduncle; 1, sepals; ls, appendage of sepal; c, petals; cs, spur of the lower petals; fs, glandular appendage of the lower stamens; a, anthers.
A lovely large-flowered pansy with lemon yellow flowers rimmed in deep lavender. Easy to grow and perennial in many locations. They create a subtly beautiful color impact in the spring garden, especially when combined with peach or white tulips.
Varieites Forest Pansy (Purple-leaved) Texas White (White Flowering) and Silver Cloud (Variegated) forms are available. It may require light top-trimming of vigorous top shoots to maintain it's height below 25'.
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' : Forest Pansy Redbud - Foliage
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' : Weeping Nootka False Cypress - Whole Plant
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Key Words: Slightly irregular pansy-like flowers.
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Viola macloskeyi. Small White Violet.
Martha Washington geraniums, sometimes called Fancy, Hothouse or Pansy geraniums, have large showy flowers with blotches or markings in the center of the blossoms.
Cool season flowers, these miniature pansy like blooms are a perennial favorite in cottage gardens world wide. See tips for how to grow Heartsease in the landscape.
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One fall I set pansy plants much too close to a vigorous row of bearded irises. The next spring as the irises increased in height, they shaded the pansies more and more.
Synonyms and Common names: Wild pansy, love-lies-bleeding, love in idleness, live in idleness, Herb Constancy, bullweed, bird's eye, herb trinity , Johnny jumper, stepmother ...
Violet Family, Genus Viola, Yellow Pansy, Australia, Viola Betonicifolia, New Jersey
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The flowers are an inch long with a narrow tube which splays out at the end into a slanted, pansy-like face with five lobes. should be grown in a well drained, organic potting mix in either a hanging basket, window box or decorative container.
Edible flowers include nasturtium, chrysanthemum, carnation, cattail, honeysuckle, chicory, cornflower, Canna, and sunflower. Some edible flowers are sometimes candied such as daisy and rose (you may also come across a candied pansy).
Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)
Papaya (Carica papaya)
Paper flower (Bougainvillea glabra)
Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus)
Paradise palm, kentia palm (Howea fosteriana, Kentia fosteriana)
Parlour palm, parlor palm (Chamaedorea elegans, Neantha bella) ...
 See also: Lavender, Pink, Violet, Marigold, Iris
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