Description

Mr Fothergill’s Pansy Cool Summer Breeze Seeds, Cool shades for long lasting displays. Remove dead flower heads to prolong flowering. A feed in late summer may keep plants flowering well into the autumn.

Sow indoors to flower the same year, 0.5cm deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place on a warm kitchen windowsill. A temperature of 15-20°C. is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant to other trays 5cm apart when large enough to handle. (Always hold seedlings by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 15cm apart, when frosts are over. Or sow outdoors thinly in a seed bed, 0.5cm deep, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm apart before planting out to flowering position from late summer onwards, spacing 15cm apart. Remove dead flower heads to prolong flowering.

• A hardy perennial, best grown as a biennial or annual
• Flowers up to 7cm across, set off by bright yellow centres
• Deep, dark and velvety, for great contrast

Sow time: Feb-Aug
Flowering/Harvesting time: May-Oct