Scientific Name: Viola x wittrockiana
Common Name: pansy
Family Name: Violaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Biennial
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Winter interest
Exposure: Full sun, Full sun only if soil kept moist
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate, Crenate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr-May-Jun
Fruit: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, ovate to elliptic, up to 4cm long; flowers 5-10cm wide, flattened, face-like, available in many colours and most petals have more than one colour or shading.