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Pollinators · Cool season

Pansies

Winter-hardy garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana)

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Sun

Full sun; at least 6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily.

Water

Keep evenly moist, not saturated. Check the top inch and water at the base when it begins to dry; roughly 1 inch weekly including rain is a starting point in mild weather.

Spacing

8–10 in

Difficulty

Easy–Moderate

Planting and care

How to grow pansies

When to grow

Cool season · Cool-season annual

How to start

Established transplants in fall or early spring

Mature size

6–10 in tall and 8–12 in wide

Time to harvest

Nursery transplants may already flower; bloom resumes with mild weather. No food harvest is offered for ornamental nursery plants.

Feeding needs

Light feeder

Growth habit

Pollinator Compact

How to prune

Pinch faded flowers and their stalks down to a leaf junction. Remove yellow leaves; lightly shorten leggy green stems in mild weather to encourage branching.

How to harvest

Enjoy flowers on the plant or clip a few for a small display. Grow Pros supplies these as ornamentals; do not eat nursery flowers without confirmed edible-safe production.

Harvest and kitchen use

Supplied as ornamental flowers

Nutrition and garden value

Grown for ornamental and garden value; not counted toward food-crop yields.

Cool-season color; accessible flowers may support visiting insects on mild days. Winter bloom and pollinator visits are not guaranteed.

Common challenges and troubleshooting

Slugs, aphids, root rot, freeze-damaged flowers and summer heat decline

Safety note

Ornamental nursery plants are not supplied as food; do not eat plants treated with products not approved for edible crops.