Ruffled, candy-colored blooms that look good enough to eat and are! Fizzy Fruit Salad mixes rich “fruit” tones, raspberry, grape, berry-swirl bicolors, lemon and peach, on frilly, lightly scented pansies that flower hard in cool weather. Plants stay compact and are perfect for window boxes, baskets, and beds. In true pansy fashion, they shrug off light frost, take a breather in summer heat, then bounce back for a brilliant fall show.
 
Expect natural variation, each plant is a little surprise, and cooler temps deepen the ruffling and contrast.
 
Pansies (Viola × wittrockiana) are perennials by nature. They can survive multiple seasons in mild climates where winters are not too harsh and summers are not too hot. 
 
🌱 to Plant Pansy Seeds (by USDA Zone)
 
Zones 3–4 (cold winters, short growing season)
Start indoors: Early to mid-June
Transplant outdoors: Late July to early August for fall bloom
Spring bloom: Start seeds indoors in late January to early February; transplant in April
Pansies are best as spring bloomers here unless you can protect them over winter with mulch or low tunnels.
 
Zones 5–6
Fall bloom: Start seeds indoors in June–July; transplant outdoors in August
Spring bloom: Start indoors in late January to mid-February; transplant outside in March–April
These zones can handle fall planting if seedlings are well established by the first frost.
 
Zone 7
Fall bloom: Start seeds indoors in late June to early July; plant outdoors in late August
Spring bloom: Sow indoors in January for early spring planting
You can plant pansies in fall for color through winter and early spring, especially with a mild winter.
 
Zone 8
Fall bloom: Start seeds in July; plant outside by mid-September
Spring bloom: Start in late December to early January indoors if needed
Fall-planted pansies will often bloom through winter into early spring.
 
Zone 9
Best as fall/winter annuals
Start indoors: August
Transplant outdoors: Mid-September to October
 
Avoid summer planting — it’s too hot. These are great winter bloomers in mild climates.
 
Zone 10–11 (hot climates)
Fall/winter only
Start seeds indoors in August–September
Transplant outdoors in October–November
 
Plant only when temperatures begin cooling down — pansies will bloom through winter and early spring but won’t survive summer heat.
 
Short-lived perennial/biennial/annual based on growing zone (varies, zones 3-11)
 
Grows 6-8 inches tall and wide
 
This is for 20 seeds