• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Sallie Borrink

Sallie Borrink

Thoughts On Faith, Truth, Culture & Beauty

  • Start Here
  • Blog
  • Subscribe
  • Categories
    • Bible Readings & Christian Devotionals
    • Christian Faith
    • Gracious Christian Parenting
    • Homemaking
    • Homeschooling
    • Learning Themes & Unit Studies
    • The Library
    • Our Cozy Family Life
    • Simple Living
  • The Shop
    • Explore The Shop By Category
      • All Products For Women
      • All Products For Children
      • Clip Art & Digital Papers
      • A Full Year Shopping Pass
      • A Quiet Simple Life Series
      • Editable Homeschool Planners
    • Cart
    • Digital Products Terms of Use
    • Your Account Details
      • View Your Orders
      • Go To Your Downloads
      • My Account
    • Lost Password Help
  • More
    • The Video Library
    • Find Content By Tags
    • Recommendations
    • Donate
You are here: Home / Homemaking / How To Grow Planters Full Of Pansies




Post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure statement.

How To Grow Planters Full Of Pansies

June 7, 2018 by Sallie Borrink
6 Comments
Print Friendly, PDF & Email

I love pansies. We have planters full of them every spring and a new batch every fall. So from the first weekend in April through June and from mid-September to November, our deck is full of pansy color. Over the years, I’ve learned the secret of how to grow pansies.

Colorful Pansies on the Deck in Planters




It took me a few years to really figure this out, but there is a secret to getting small pansy bushes exploding with color in your planters that goes beyond just using the right potting mix.

The best part is that it is not difficult and takes no extra tools. It costs nothing extra.

Colorful Pansies on the Deck in Planters 2

The Secret of How to Grow Pansies

Here is the simple but profound secret.

You must prune back all the flowers as soon as you plant them.

Colorful Pansies in Pots and Planters on the Deck

You definitely do not want to remove all the flowers when you’ve been waiting for months and months through the long, cold winter (or depressingly hot, humid summer) to see your lovely flowers again.




But it works.

After David puts them in the planters and pots, we’ll leave the flowers on for a day or two at the most just to enjoy a bit of color. Then all the flowers get pruned back so there are no flowers for about a week to ten days.

But after that?

It’s a colorful explosion that continues for weeks.

Pruning Pansies for More Flowers

Why does it work? Because all of the energy in the plant goes to growing the plant, not keeping the flowers alive. It makes for very hardy pansy plants that give off multitudes of gorgeous flowers for weeks to come.

Colorful planters full of pansies




Pruning can be painful, but worth it in the end.

And that, my friends, is the secret to gorgeous pansies.

A few ideas for all my fellow pansy lovers!

Victorian Pansies Botanical JournalVictorian Pansies Botanical JournalVictorian Pansies Botanical JournalTervis Pansy TumblerTervis Pansy TumblerTervis Pansy TumblerPansies Heart EarringsPansies Heart EarringsPansies Heart Earrings

How to Grow Pansies and Have Planters Full of Pansies 3




439        
439
Shares
 
439
Shares
439       
Category: HomemakingTag: Flower-Themed Activities & Books

More Helpful Reading For You

Bonnie’s Baked Beans

Decorating A Tween Girl’s Bedroom

Free Printable Journal Pages

Chilled French Style Green Bean Salad

Previous Post:From My Book Pile – First Edition
Next Post:Free This Summer at the Homeschool Buyers Co-opHomeschool Buyers Co-op

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Teri Long

    June 7, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    Dear Sallie … I love pansies as well.  My very favorites are the ‘Johnny Jump Ups’ … such a sweet little flower.  Thank you for sharing.  Homespun Hugs ♥ Teri

    Reply
    • Sallie

      June 8, 2018 at 11:05 am

      Hi Teri,

      I love the little Johnny Jump Ups too! They are so sweet. Caroline has a planter of those this year. 🙂

      Sallie

      Reply
  2. Joslyn

    June 8, 2018 at 10:37 am

    Sally do you just clip the flower portion off at the top then or do you go a bit further down?This is my first year with pansies and at first they looked lovely but now they are looking long and starting to lose color despite me feeding them weekly.Do yours last through the hot months of July and August? Thanks for the information!

    Joslyn

    Reply
    • Sallie

      June 8, 2018 at 11:11 am

      Hi Joslyn,

      We pinch the entire stem off down to the bottom. I’m not sure where you live, but once it starts to get hot the pansies will get long and fade. There is nothing you can do at that point. How long pansies last is highly dependent on the weather. I’ve had them fade in early June and I’ve had them last well into July. It all depends on the weather.

      Once the spring ones are done, we dump it all into the woods. I don’t reuse the soil in the fall. We then plant fresh flowers in the fall in fresh soil. I’ve tried putting petunias in the same soil after the pansies died off in the summer and it went horribly. I’d rather spend a few dollars on new soil and know that they will do well. We always wash out the planters thoroughly when we go from one planting to another.

      The fall pansies will last until we get a really hard freeze. They do well with a dusting of snow that melts and chilly temps. But a heavy snow or hard freeze will finish them off.

      I hope that helps!

      Sallie

      Reply
  3. Marilyn

    May 23, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    Pansies are a favorite of ours,too. We have a beautiful large pot of Pansies. Pansies are so pretty and colorful. The Johnny Jumps are special too. Thank You for the information on growing Pansies.
    Marilyn and Marion

    Reply
    • Sallie

      June 4, 2019 at 10:09 pm

      I like Johnny Jumpups too! They can be harder to find, but they are so cute. One year some seeded themselves into our backyard from a hanging basket. The next year there were little clumps of them throughout part of the yard. It was a neat little bonus!

      Sallie

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

 

The maximum upload file size: 128 MB. You can upload: image, audio, video. Links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other services inserted in the comment text will be automatically embedded. Drop file here

Thank you for your comment. I read and appreciate each one even if I am unable to respond.

Sidebar

I’m Sallie, Christian wife, mother, homeschooler, and homebody. Please start here. Welcome! ♥ 




Chit Chat

~ Okay, I figured out the answer to my experiment. It took ten days of trying to figure out the root problems, but it came to me this morning. Answer is in motion at the moment even though you can't see it yet on the public side. I think it will make everyone happy. ♥

~ I'm in the midst of My Two Week Experiment so if things look a bit off from time to time with the website design or layout, that's why. Thank you for your patience!

~ Did you put on the Armor of God this morning? Ephesians 6:10-20

~ If you turn off your adblocker, I truly appreciate it. ♥

~ This website is funded by ads, donations, monthly supporters, sales in my shop, and affiliate purchases. 

 

Only $47!

Categories

Popular Right Now

  • Home Page
  • What Was In The Envelopes At President Bush’s Funeral?
  • Why I Reject Minimalism
  • The Ginghams Visit Grandma Paper Dolls (Free!)
  • 100 Wholesome Books For Girls And Tweens
  • He Drew Me Aside – “I Needed the Quiet” by Alice Hansche Mortenson
  • The Cozy Life In America (and Why I Prefer It To the Danish Hygge)
  • The Ultimate List of AIP Comfort Food Recipes
  • 100 Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers {Free Printable}
  • The Ginghams Paper Dolls (Free!)
  • A Fancy Nancy Birthday Party – Planning Ideas On A Budget
  • My Favorite Simple Living Books

Our Favorite Timeline

Providential History

Mighty Works of God - Not Memorizing Facts

Check Out The Many Free Resources!

All About Learning Press




Receive new post notifications from A Quiet Simple Life

Powered by follow.it

Archives

My Blogroll

  • Adventures In Keeping House
  • The Blessed Hearth
  • The Bluebirds Are Nesting On The Farm
  • By Sun and Candlelight 
  • Coffee Tea Books and Me
  • Creekside Cottage
  • Elefantz
  • Exquisitely Unremarkable
  • Generations Before Us
  • Heavenstretch
  • Homemakers Thoughts
  • Hope and Thrift 
  • A Housewife Writes
  • Jane Austen's World
  • The Legacy of Home
  • Like Mother, Like Daughter
  • Love My Life
  • Mama's Learning Corner
  • Mountain Housewife
  • The 1940s Experiment
  • North Ridge Farm
  • Rural Revolution
  • Something From Almost Nothing
  • Strangers and Pilgrims on Earth
  • Stories of an Unschooling Family
  • Sugar Pie Cottage
  • Thinking About Home
  • Thrive On One Income
  • Upon Hope
  • Vox Popoli
  • A Working Pantry 

Contact Me • Privacy Policy • Disclaimers & Affiliates

Copyright © 2023 · Sallie Borrink · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme

Scroll Up