The Gardener Magazine

The Power of Pansies

Why grow pansies?

Apart from being pretty little flowers, pansies have the following characteristics:

• Plant pansies anytime from autumn, winter and into spring and they will last for months on end, flowering the whole time. They will even flower through to• The flower power of these little toughies is super value for money.• The number of varieties on the market is enormous with more being added all the time. You can find just about any colour and colour combination that catches your eye in a pansy.• just plant correctly, with the occasional deadheading, and you can leave them be for the rest of the season.

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