Regardless of whether you're a seasoned gardening guru, or just beginning to get your hands dirty, you're bound to run into a problem you just can't seem to solve. That's where our gardening columnist, Joan Jackson, can help. Pansies are a popular winter annual.
Annuals are flowers that germinate, flower, set seed and die within a single season.
Winter annuals, also known as hardy annuals, thrive in cold conditions. They die out when the weather turns hot. Some of the better-known winter annuals are pansies, violas, snapdragons, stock, sweet peas and calendulas. There is some blurring of the line between what is really a winter annual and what is a perennial. Pansies, for instance, are tender perennials that are grown as annuals.