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Field Pansy in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Viola arvensis

 

Field Pansy

The field pansy has white or cream flowers with yellow throat and short dark lines radiating from the throat. Height approx 30-40cm. A close relative to viola tricolour, the wild Pansy.

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plant Features
  • Field Pansy likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Field Pansy likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Field Pansy is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Field Pansy likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Field Pansy

Latin name

Viola arvensis

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Violaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Field Pansy likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Field Pansy is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Field Pansy likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

  • Water

    Field Pansy likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Field Pansy is 0.30meters x 0.30meters 0.30 M 0.30 M

Viola arvensis

The field pansy has white or cream flowers with yellow throat and short dark lines radiating from the throat. Height approx 30-40cm. A close relative to viola tricolour, the wild Pansy.


Propagation by seed

From Mid Summer TO Late Summer

Sow seeds for V.tricolor and V. wittrockiana in mid to late Summer, either outdoors in a damp shaded site, or boxes placed in a cold frame. Transplant the seedlings into nursery beds, 4 inches apart until they are moved to a flowering site in Autumn. Seedlings sown in the cold frame should be potted up to 3 inch pots of John Innes No 1 and overwintered in the cold frame and moved to the flowering site in Spring

 

Summer or winter flowering

From Late Spring TO Early Spring

The summer flowering hybrids are in bloom from late Spring to early Autumn. Winter flowering varieties usually bloom from mid Winter to mid Spring, occasionally in the Autumn.

 

Planting Outdoors

From Early Autumn TO Late Spring

Plant violas in Autumn or Spring. Plant in any fertile, moist but well drained soil in sun or partial shade.

 
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