Viola wittrockiana

Semillas de Viola wittrockiana (pensamiento de jardín) para flores grandes y aterciopeladas durante el otoño, el invierno y la primavera. Ideales para macetas y ribetes.
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Viola wittrockiana — the garden pansy

Viola wittrockiana is the botanical name for the large-flowered garden pansy, the cheerful, velvety-faced flower that carries colour through the cool seasons like nothing else. It is the species behind our viola range within the flower seed collection.

History & origin

The garden pansy is a hybrid, raised in the nineteenth century by crossing several wild European violas, including the wild pansy or heartsease. Within a few decades breeders had transformed modest wildflowers into the bold, large-faced pansies grown across the world today.

The name honours the Swedish botanist Veit Brecher Wittrock, who studied the genus; Viola is simply the ancient Latin name for these flowers.

Botanical characteristics

A compact, low-growing perennial usually grown as a biennial for autumn-to-spring colour, the pansy bears large, rounded, often blotched flowers in almost every shade. Neat and tidy, it is perfect for pots and edging — a mainstay of our container-friendly flowers — and the petals are edible too.

Growing Viola wittrockiana from seed

Sow in summer for autumn and winter colour, or in late winter under cover for spring displays; it germinates best in cool conditions. Prick out, grow on, and deadhead to prolong flowering. Our flower growing guide and flower sowing calendar cover the timing.

Ready to grow pansies? Browse the varieties or learn the basics first.

Related categories: Viola · Container Flowers · Edible Flowers · Biennial Flowers · All Flower Seeds

At SeedsChoice, every order ships from Meppel, NL with fast, tracked EU delivery.

What is Viola wittrockiana?
It is the botanical name for the large-flowered garden pansy — see the wider viola range. When should I sow pansy seeds?
Sow in summer for autumn and winter colour, or in late winter under cover for spring flowers. Are pansy petals edible?
Yes, the petals are edible and make pretty decorations — see our edible flowers. Where do orders ship from?
Every order ships from Meppel, Netherlands with fast, tracked EU delivery.