PETITTI Viola Spotlight | Grow Pansies & Violas for Pollinators, Spring Color & Frost Tolerance

Did you know large flowering Pansy and small flowering Johnny-Jump-Up Viola are part of the same family? Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist, and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about one of the first spring annuals available, Pansies & Violas. While most varieties are considered spring (or fall) seasonal color in Northeast Ohio, there are perennial VIolas available! Perennial Violas tend to exhibit a hardy, clump-forming habit that establishes quickly in the garden producing medium-sized, often fragrant pansy-like flowers. These varieties, such as Celestial™ Northern Lights, Celestial™ Starry Night, and Celestial™ Blue Moon, are heat tolerant and hardier than most pansies but need a cool, shady spot for summer in the garden. Pansies and Violas are frost tolerant and attract early-season pollinators!

[denisedelgado]

So many pretty combinations but I love the old fashioned most 😊

[leiaflash]

These are such happy plants, they always put a smile on my face 😀

[VancouverIslandgirl]

Great information, thanks for sharing.

[EnoHaha]

So we’ll explanation, thank you so much ❤

[theweirdospfan.]

Hi, I got some plain purple violas (not pansys) this fall from Petitti, what variety is it and will they perennialize? I’ve noticed that they are still blooming even after our giant freeze, they are in a bird bath

[bbills]

Just bought some beautiful frilly pansies from Petitti's. Left them on my back steps and a few days later all the flowers were eaten off, and the leaves were chewed up. I moved them and looked online and it turns out deer love pansies.☹️