species
Viola × wittrockiana
Pansy · Garden pansy
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Viola × wittrockiana is a perennial in the family Violaceae, also known as Pansy or Garden pansy, introduced to the UK. It reaches 20 cm tall and 25 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from March to June and September to October. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 20 cm tall × 25 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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