When the weather turns cold and the summer annuals fade, we can pull them out and replace them with pansies. It is mild enough for pansies to bloom all winter. We have a great collection of pansies , violas , and other winter annuals to plant for winter color. We grow our pansies slowly, cool and dry to make them lean and rugged so they can take the abuse of winter. We don't rush them with tons of heat, fertilizer, and water for a quick and early sale like many of the mass-market chain stores.
Pansies stretch in hot weather.
This is why we have our crop ready later than the chain stores. We plant a few weeks later to grow in cooler weather. We see our customers again, over and over. We don't want to sell them a short-lived plant. We want them to have a plant to be proud of.