The mats are so easy to use. Hello, I just bought a new home and was looking for some landscaping ideas. For annuals use impatiens, begonias, caladiums. If it is sunny then there are some new wegelias that are neat. Last year I used a cocoa mulch and the pansies grew leggy and I'm not sure the shoots were able to root.
Pansies get leggy when it gets hot.
They are a great cool season annual but should be replaced by early summer with something else. They will winter over and come back next year if mulched. The problem with them is they like it cool. They usually fizzle out by summer and should be replaced with another annual. In Cedar Rapids, the chance for a killing frost exists until May 15.