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- Plant pansies now!
- Are pansies annuals or perennials?
- Which location is suitable for pansies?
- Do pansies need special soil?
- When and how is planted?
- Can one self-propagate pansies?
- When do the pansies bloom?
- How do you prefer the plants?
- What else should be considered during sowing / transplanting?
- Tips & Tricks
Plant your pansies early in the spring to enjoy them for a long time
Plant pansies now!
The pansies delight us already in very early spring with their colorful variety of colors. The cheerful flowers decorate the window boxes and the flower borders from March to October. Planted in larger groups, they offer a particularly cheerful sight.
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Are pansies annuals or perennials?
The garden pansies are biennial, d. H. They flower in the following year after sowing. However, who sows them until July, may count on flowering in October of the same year.
Which location is suitable for pansies?
The pansies thrive - depending on the variety - in both sunny and partially shaded places.
Do pansies need special soil?
Pansies prefer a lime-poor, humus-rich, moist but not too wet soil. A commercial garden soil is best suited for planting in the window boxes.
When and how is planted?
At the end of January / beginning of February you can buy pansies and plant them in the window boxes and tubs. For outdoor use, planting is recommended in March-April, when no longer lasting frost periods are to be expected. For healthy growth the following planting distance should be considered:
Can one self-propagate pansies?
The pansies are propagated by seeds. Most varieties of this culture are F1 hybrids and therefore hardly suitable for semen collection. The self-seeded plants often do not have the same flower color, stamina and lavishness as the parent plants. For a certain flower color, the seed purchase is recommended in stores. If you do not get stuck with the color, self-sowing can provide enough new plants at suitable locations.
When do the pansies bloom?
The approximately 5 cm large flowers open depending on sowing time and weather between February and October. The plants sown in autumn / winter are frost hardy and, with appropriate care, often bloom into midsummer.
How do you prefer the plants?
For a spring flowering, the pansies are brought to a cool winter (up to a maximum of 10 ° C). For summer flowering, seeds are sown outdoors in the summer. It should be paid attention to a not too dense sowing, otherwise shoot the young plants in the air, instead of bushy-compact to grow, if necessary poke in time.
What else should be considered during sowing / transplanting?
The autumn-seeded pansies bloom lushly, are more resilient and longer lasting.
The frugal plants can be transplanted at any time - even flowering - easily.
Tips & Tricks
Good companions for the pansies are tulips and daffodils as well as forget-me-nots.