Splash of winter colour?

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    Anyone grown these? I am thinking of giving them a whirl in my troughs and baskets at the front of the house once the begonias come out, and hoping that they will provide cover through the winter.
     
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    Haven't grown these FC. I don't want to dispell your interest but, unless you are prepared to ensure they are in a sheltered location and ALSO have the time to dead head every three days to keep the blooms coming,.....
    I am happier with an F1 Universal pansy mix; bigger flowers and less deadheading. I will be interested to view what others think too,
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    Not the answer you're looking for but they look nice and i want something along the same lines as you. I've had Similar coloured Violas before that have always done well throughout the winter so may be worth a try and you can't really go wrong with Pansies can you?
     
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    Hmmmmmm, not sure how much shelter I could offer them. Deadheading wouldn't be too bad, although whether I would manage it every three days is a different story.
     
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    Are there any other winter, trailing plants that I could put in next to the larger pansies?
     
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    variegated Ivies? Tough as old boots and can stand up to a dog rough Winter
     
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      I think it's worth having a go with them FC. I usually plant some winter pansies and violas and usually have pretty good luck with them. There isn't much else for winter color really.
       
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      No, I do not. They would not survive here in the winter.
       
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        Are they not hellish expensive though?

        See, I am wondering if I might have enough shelter to give them a go - the baskets at the front sit in a sort of recess between the porch and the bushes on the edge of the garden; I know that the driveway is reasonably well sheltered, as parking my car 'nose in' I found that the windscreen would stay frost free whilst the neighbours were all out scraping theirs (not that we had many frosty mornings last winter)
         
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          Same here....no way they would survive a Canadian winter....pretty though.
           
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            To my experience pansies survive through the winter and look pretty shabby. Buy some from the GC and plant some up in containers end of Feb. and you will get a great show early spring. Lovely happy spring plant are Pansies :hapfeet:
             
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              So, my knee jerk to that is: will they get enough watering? Something you may have to do manually? :noidea:
               
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              That shouldn't be an issue - Mrs C shares watering duties when I am at work, and its usually done with the gun on the hose.
               
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                Then go for it !! Prove all us doubting Thomases wrong.!
                 
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                I can almost hear the 'we told you so...........' in my head. I'll have a potter round the garden centre and see what I come up with - I might not bother at all this year, and put my energy into getting more organised for next year.
                 
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