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Red Pansy
Viola wittrockiana 'Red'
Red Pansy blooms from March through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Red Pansy
Plant it in part sun. It prefers moderate water. Expect it to reach about 8 in tall and 8 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).
No toxicity note is on file for Red Pansy. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What this means
Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.
When to plant Red Pansy
Red Pansy is a cool-season annual: plant it out in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked, a few weeks before the last frost, since it takes light frost and fades in summer heat; in mild-winter zones it also goes in during fall. In a zone 5 garden that means April or May. It flowers from March to June.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Red Pansy get?
8 intall5 ft 7 inan adult8 inwideSee Red Pansy in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Red Pansy
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Red Pansy about 8 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Red Pansy to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
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