Plant of the Month: Pansies

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Adorable, colorful Pansies have arrived at Woodbridge Greenhouses! In the garden some years I've seen these slight plants work their way through the melting snow to catch the sunlight with their pretty little faces.

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Pansies' relatively short foliage and flowers beautifully grace our gardens in the fall and brighten overcast Spring days. Cut some Pansies from your garden to fill a small vase, steal a few of its edible petals to add more color and flavor to your salads. I've heard that each color tastes different. (Avoid eating the stamens and pistils. If you have seasonal allergies, avoid eating flowers.)


Pansies flower in cool weather, whether Spring or Fall. Deadhead them to help them continue to bloom. To encourage Fall flowering, cut them back before the heat of summer and fertilize them in the fall.

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According to garden.lovetoknow.com, the pansy is named from the French word pensée, which means thought, probably because the flower petals resemble a face nodding forward as if in deep thought.

Check out these beautiful ruffles.