Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a challenging location for gardeners, but there are some marvellous native and introduced plants here.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Matrix (TM) White Blotch Pansy overwintered in Calgary!
Matrix (TM) White Blotch Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana) Photo by Jill Browne, May 16, 2011, Calgary.
I couldn't believe it but I had a few flowering annuals overwinter, in spite of having every temperature imaginable and multiple cycles of warm and cold. These little guys sprang back to life. The freeze-dried flowers just picked up where they had left off last fall!
I don't usually notice the exact variety of plants I buy on the fly as it were, particularly the pansy and petunia types.
However, I left the little label stick in the ground (tacky but effective) so I know what these are.
I'm very impressed!
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Lovely picture Jill and I'm impressed at their ability to survive too!
It also never ceases to amaze me how pansies and voilas can multiply and turn up in places you never planted them in. Or maybe it's just the way the wind blows the seed heads!
There's a picture of my colorful Cypriot violas on the URL link in my name above
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