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How long should icecicle pansies live?

Posted by iowa50126 z5IA (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 22, 04 at 16:40

In the fall of 2002 I bought a flat of white and yellow icecicle pansies(TM) just because I have not seen them before.

I planted them on the south/southeast side of my house in full sun next to a strip of newly planted tulip bulbs. They lasted a long time almost to thanksgiving. In the spring of 2003 they came up again but I found out they were right on top of the tulips. So, in the heat of mid June I enlarged the planting bed and transplanted them. They wilted alot but I kept them watered and they survived the transplant shock.

They came up again this year and with a little miracle grow and water are bigger than ever.

Am I just lucky or are these a true perenneial?


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RE: How long should icecicle pansies live?

Sounds like you struck gold--A retired greenhouse friend gave me about 8 purple-yellow-white she called them "hardy Pansies" like you planted them 2 years ago did not know when they would come back; so inadvertently i made the bed a tad smaller. Low and behold after mow after mow wtih all the rain we skipped a couple mows and there they were 3 of them; just as pretty as when i planted them. Anyway, back to the point--she told me they would bloom year after year. Let me know when you get too many.(LOL) Thinking about some of those in a child's garden i will be making. Hope mine survive the move. GOOD for you.

debbie


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RE: How long should icecicle pansies live?

Mine have been like the 'Energizer Bunny:' they keep going and going and going. I've cut them back twice this year. Only lost one through last winter. They have been in the ground since the Fall of 2002.

Rhoda


 
 

 

 


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