Common Name: Pansy

Scientific Name: Viola wittrockiana

Pansy - Mounding Growth Habit

Physiological Growth Cycle: Perennial         USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Dicot

Size:

• 6" to 10" width X 8" to 10" height

Growth Habit:

• Mounding

Pansy - Ovate Leaf Shape	Pansy - Crenate Leaf Margin

Foliage:

• Ovate to lanceolate leaf shape
• Crenate leaf margin
• Mid green
• Pubescent texture

Various Cultivars of the Pansy Inflorescence

Inflorescence:

• Rounded
• 5-petaled
• Single
• 1"- 4" in diameter
• Blue, purple, yellow, white and red
  • often having distinct black or brown "faces" (blotches)
• Blooms February through May or late October through December

Pansy Bedding Plant	Pansy Container Plant

Use:

• Cool season bedding plant
• Edging plants
• Window boxes
• Container plants

Problems: 

• Pests
  • Generally trouble free
• Diseases
  • Cucumber mosaic virus
  • Leaf spots
    • Due to any number of fungal pathogens
  • Root rot
    • Particularly in planting beds of monoculture with pansey planted year after year
      • Buildup of soil borne pathogens

Culture:

• Plant early in the spring or fall
• Full sun or partial shade
• Moist, well-drained soil; is not drought tolerant
• Cool season plant

Propagation:

• Seed (start 4 months before planting)

Notes:

• Hybrid
• Very popular cool season bedding plant
• Other viola species are less susceptible to root rot such as Viola cornuta 'Jersey Gem'.