Viola x wittrockiana 'Light Blue Whiskers'
Pansy 'Light Blue Whiskers'
The cultivated species are all perennial. V. wittrockiana, the garden pansy is one of the most popular of all garden plants and is often used for bedding. The hybrids produce a wide range of colourful flowers over a long period. The open flowers consist of 5 petals which in the pansy types are rounded, and 4 of the petals face up, and one points downwards. (Violets have 3 pointing up, and two pointing downwards) 'Light Blue Whiskers' are pale blue with a darker edge and the fine radiating lines which are the cat's whiskers after which the flower is named.
Contributed by @sybil
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Pansy 'Light Blue Whiskers'
Latin name
Viola x wittrockiana 'Light Blue Whiskers'
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Violaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
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
0.30 M
0.20 M
Viola x wittrockiana 'Light Blue Whiskers'
The cultivated species are all perennial. V. wittrockiana, the garden pansy is one of the most popular of all garden plants and is often used for bedding. The hybrids produce a wide range of colourful flowers over a long period. The open flowers consist of 5 petals which in the pansy types are rounded, and 4 of the petals face up, and one points downwards. (Violets have 3 pointing up, and two pointing downwards) 'Light Blue Whiskers' are pale blue with a darker edge and the fine radiating lines which are the cat's whiskers after which the flower is named.
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.
d1963j1965
sybil
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