Seems no one agreed with what I said about planting them out, but it's probably a matter of climate. I live in SW France and @Fairygirl lives in Scotland. I didn't know where you live and should have taken that into account. I just know that my pansies and violas grow much quicker once they have been planted out. But it was 20° here today. However you do need to watch out for slugs and snails.
Seems no one agreed with what I said about planting them out, but it's probably a matter of climate. I live in SW France and @Fairygirl lives in Scotland. I didn't know where you live and should have taken that into account. I just know that my pansies and violas grow much quicker once they have been planted out. But it was 20° here today. However you do need to watch out for slugs and snails
Hi Busy-Lizzie, today at 6am it was 3 degrees and everything was frozen
Keep your powder dry for now @Sandra A They do flower even when small, but it's not ideal for them at this time of year to go out. I've just split and replanted some native primulas, but they're tough and acclimatised, so that's fine. It's all a learning curve - and when I started gardening more seriously, I planted things out when I shouldn't, and couldn't understand why they failed. Much older - and hopefully a tiny bit wiser, now
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They do flower even when small, but it's not ideal for them at this time of year to go out.
I've just split and replanted some native primulas, but they're tough and acclimatised, so that's fine. It's all a learning curve - and when I started gardening more seriously, I planted things out when I shouldn't, and couldn't understand why they failed.
Much older - and hopefully a tiny bit wiser, now