Every time we get a few nice days in the 50s and 60s, the temperature takes a nosedive the next day. So, what can we safely ...

Viola x wittrockiana, more commonly known as Pansies, are short-lived perennial flowers. Originating back in the 1800s, the flowers come in a vast array of colors and are ideal for planters, hanging ...

If you want a steady stream of colorful flowers in your garden from fall well into spring, you need to know a gardening secret. The season most people think of as a time for resting, winter, is ...

Long before the sculptor Auguste Rodin gave us a guy resting his chin on his knuckles, the garden world had its own thinker. The humble violet had been bred to show a dark blotch on pale petals. It ...

Pansies could be the perfect wallflower — quiet, unassuming, blend-into-the-backdrop plants — of the garden. Not for Brenna Estrada, though. She’s researched their history, grown and sold them ...

Of all of the early emerging spring flowers, few show up with more vigor, pizazz and bursts of color than the cool weather loving, long blooming pansy (Viola x Wittrockiana). Pansies are cultivars of ...

Pansies are one of the most popular backyard flowers, and for good reason. Their joyful silhouette and vibrant colors bring interest to an otherwise blank canvas. While these hardy plants thrive in ...

I suppose you have already picked your pansies for the winter garden. But if you are not a fan of the viola clan, know they are among the longest blooming annuals that money can buy. They should be.

In literature and folklore, the pansy finds multiple mentions, most notably in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where Ophelia refers to it as the flower of thought. The name “pansy” derives from the ...