Scientific Name:	Viola x wittrockiana
Pronunciation:	VYE-oh-luh ex wit-rok-ee-AH-na
Common Name:	pansy
Family Name:	Violaceae
Plant Type:	Biennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves alternate, ovate to elliptic, up to 4 cm long; flowers 5-10 cm wide, flattened, face-like, available in many colours and most petals have more than one colour or shading.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, HORT 1193/1293, CLT Training

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Mounded Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun, Full sun only if soil kept moist Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Winter interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous, Lustrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate Apices: Rounded Bases: Obtuse Margins: Crenate

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Violet, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Pink, Magenta, Red, Purple, Dark-red Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun Additional Info: indoor grown plants in flower available for winter colour

Fruit Type: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour:

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Aphids or adelgids, Mildew, Slugs or snails, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant )
Specific Pests:	deer

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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