Large-flowered pansy and small-flowered pansy are very popular ornamental plants among flower friends, basically as soon as the winter flower seedlings are on the market, flower friends will brush and buy, and the degree of popularity can be imagined.
When the flowers bloom in the spring, all kinds of good-looking pansy photos start to "swipe the screen", do you want your pansies to shine among them?
01 Lighting
Whether it is a large-flowered pansy or a small-flowered pansy, they like plenty of light, which will significantly increase their flower size, and will also have better color and aroma performance. If there is less light, the plant will grow long, the peduncle will be slender, and the number of flowers will be reduced. Of course, they love light but are not tolerant to the sun, so if you want to try to spend summer, you should get shade in summer.
02 Temperature
Pansies are typical European plants that prefer cool environments and are not tolerant of high temperatures. Their summer is not easy, and in general, when summer comes, they can be replaced and planted with other plants. If you live in a cooler place in the summer, you can try to get shade and spray water to cool down. Contrary to heat resistance, they are relatively cold tolerant, the underground part can withstand low temperatures of -15 °C, and the aboveground parts can withstand low temperatures of -5 °C, but if the plant has flowers, it is still recommended to put it indoors or carry out cold protection measures to prevent the flower buds from being damaged by freezing. At the same time, it is also necessary to take shelter from the wind to prevent it from being dried by the cold wind.
03 Soil
They have a general demand for soil and can survive in environments such as urban green belts, but it is advisable to use loose and breathable soils rich in nutrients, and sufficient basal fertilizer can be added to the soil. The pH value of the adapted soil is between 5.4~7.4.
04 Zhengshui
Pansies avoid drought and waterlogging, both of which can cause significant damage to the root system of pansies, so it is necessary to keep the soil moist and keep it ventilated and cool.
05 Fertilization
Pansies are fertiliser-loving, and they need to be planted with enough basal fertilizer to ensure that they have enough nutrients when they bloom later. Because it is a grass flower, generally speaking, as long as the early fertilization is sufficient, there is no need to fertilize again in the follow-up, and the plant is replaced again until the end of the flowering period.
06 Miscellaneous
In order to make pansies bloom longer, it is necessary to prune the residual flowers in time after the flowers have failed, so as to prevent seed setting from distracting the energy of subsequent flowering. At the same time, they belong to the "stemmed" violet (i.e., have obvious above-ground stems), and as the flowers bloom and fail and grow, their stems will grow longer (or taller), and the plant shape will be very unsightly, and they need to be "shaped and pruned" to cut off the tall stems (commonly known as "shaved heads"), readjust the plant shape and promote the development of new flower buds. In general, this is more likely to occur in large-flowered pansies due to the large size of the plant, while small-flowered pansies rarely need to be "shaved" due to the small size of the plant.
Synthesized from: Green Shanghai
Editor: Chen Haixiao