Buy and plant pansies now for better root growth and vigor going into the cooler months.
Lightly till or turn the soil with a shovel. Add some organic matter and work into the area.
Pansies like sun. So make sure the bed will get four or more hours of sun a day. Consider that trees shading an area today will drop all of those leaves and allow more sun to shine on the bed.
Pansies look best when planted close together in masses. Use flower colors that are the same, or try mixing just two colors together.
Bright colored flowers, such as yellow and white or light blue and white, are more noticeable from the street.
Pansies look great in containers, too.
Because pansies are heavy feeders, use a liquid fertilizer every two to four weeks.
Deer and squirrels love to eat tulip and crocus bulbs. This year, when planting, place chicken wire over the bulbs and then add the soil.
Todd Goulding provides residential landscape design consultations. Contact him at GouldingDesignGroup@gmail.com.
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