Pansies!

Pansies are here! Pretty Pansies swaying in the wind.........

There are only a few annuals that really do well here in the Fall- Winter months. Pansies are one of them. Pansies love the cooler weather and give you some much needed color! Pansies grow to 6-8 inches tall and each plant spreads about 6 inches wide. You can plant them close or space them as far apart as you want to. Pansies do well in a sunny location. The sun helps keep your pansies blooming. Pansies bloom a lot! =)

To fertilize your pansies you should put a pinch of Blood Meal in the hole before you plant. Then apply blood meal as needed to keep them happy. Pansies are acid loving plant's. The blood meal doesn't help with this but pine needle mulch and prepping your soil with soil acidifier will.

Keep your pansies evenly moist. Remember sunny, windy days will dry your soil out faster and pansies have a shallow root system. Blood meal is a organic source of nitrogen from poultry. It can be found in most garden centers or feed stores either in the fertilizer or the organic section. Happy Gardening!!!