When should pansies & violas be sown for winter flowers.
Quote from: grannyjanny on July 02, 2009, 17:18:39
When should pansies & violas be sown for winter flowers.
Now is a good time if your seeds are ripe. :)
G x
Thanks Georgie. Do they need to be in the cool. They are packeted but I've lost the info. Black ones as I love black flowers.
Quote from: grannyjanny on July 03, 2009, 14:54:59
Thanks Georgie. Do they need to be in the cool. They are packeted but I've lost the info. Black ones as I love black flowers.
Outside should be fine. I always start mine off in a semi shaded place but that's instinct, not instruction! :)
G x
Thanks. I'll go with that then.
Do the slugs get at them? I have lots of seed but always forget to sow them at the right time, thanks for reminding me.
They don't seem to be a problem with the plants but they are usually in baskets. This will be the fist time i've grown from seed.
Forgive a basic (stupid :-[) question from a usual non-flower growing person, but...'Winter Flowering Pansies' and the Other Sort which flowers in the summer - different strains/different seeds?
This might help; http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Pansy/Pansy.htm (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Pansy/Pansy.htm)
Quote from: Tee Gee on July 04, 2009, 14:09:29
This might help; http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Pansy/Pansy.htm (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Pansy/Pansy.htm)
Many thanks TG...short answer, then, is....same seeds, diff. germination time? (pleeese, short answer here cos your link caused my ailing puter to crash..). Thanks again.