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for the young plants 10 grow, l'he plants may be set about six inches apart in a cold frame, or about a foot apart in their permanent location. Most gardeners prefer to have pansies in a cold frame during the winter where they are easier to protect from severe weather. The plants are easy to transplant even when in bloom next spring.
If pansies are moved to their permanent location in the fall, the transplanting should be done about two weeks before the average date of the first fall frost in your area. This will allow the ulants to become well established before freezing weather occurs. Be sure to control weeds, and apply water as needed to maintain soil moisture. A light mulch of sawdust or peat moss will help promote vigorous growth.
Although pansies are quite hardy, they should be protected I during the winter with a coarse mulch. Stiff straw, corn stalks, or evergreen branches are suitable 1 materials. Do not use leaves | because they will be packed down by rain or snow, and may smother the young plants. This mulch should be applied about a month after the first fall frost, when cold weather has frozen the surface soil to a depth of about one inch.
For large showy flowers you should plant some of the giant strains like Englemann’s, Maple lA>af, Oregon or Swiss. These types have petals with two or more colors in strips or blotches. The new Clear Crystals variety is nearly as large as the Swiss Giant, but has sparkling solid colored flowers in shades of yellow, orange, red, blue and violet. Some of the new dwarf varieties like Huffled Rainbow and Tigress should be planted to add variety to your collection.
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