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Sowing bedding pansies

Ashleigh 2Ashleigh 2 Posts: 256
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Hello all, I usually buy plugs of pansy can can for summer bedding but would like to try it from seed, have I left it too late? If not do I sow them indoors, in a cold frame or in pots outside? 

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  • ElusiveElusive Posts: 992

    I would suggest sowing them in a coldframe outside now image

    Pansies are made of tough stuff

  • Ashleigh 2Ashleigh 2 Posts: 256

    Thanks Mattbeer87image

  • Ashleigh 2Ashleigh 2 Posts: 256

    Also, can anyone explain to me why pansies are labelled as hardy perennials but never come back?image

  • ElusiveElusive Posts: 992

    After a season Pansies tend to become a bit leggy and straggly, this is why they are sold as annual bedding plants.

    Though if you cut them back regularly during the growing season you can extend their lives.

  • havadayoffhavadayoff Posts: 68

    You can always collect and save seed from them and sow for the following season. And as Matt said if you cut them back they become more bushy rather than leggy.

  • cairnsiecairnsie Posts: 388

    I am limited for space if I sow the pansies in my mini greenhouse will they do ok as I may have a go and see how they do. Will they germinate in these temps

  • Ashleigh 2Ashleigh 2 Posts: 256

    I love the frilly varieties like can can and frizzle sizzle but quite pricey seeds, do they set seed and if I collect it would they come true?

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