Pansies are a colorful and attractive flowering plant often referred to as "the flower with the face." Pansies belong to the viola family, which also includes violets. Pansies are edible and have a perfume-like fragrance. The blue and yellow pansies share the strongest scent. Pansies can be grown in any season; be sure to check with your local nursery for the best planting season in your area. They are disease-free and pest-free.
Grow your pansies in an area where they will receive full sunlight. Pansies can tolerate partial shade, but only in the afternoon.
Introduce a slow-release granular fertilizer to the soil at the time of planting. Blend the fertilizer into the soil around the plant. Refertilize every four weeks while the pansies are growing.
Give the pansy plant an inch of water per week. During rainy spells, water less often.
Apply a store-bought bag of flower mulch around the pansies to discourage weeds and prevent moisture loss. Blend the mulch into the ground around the flowers.
Remove the dead flowers from the stems to prevent them from falling onto the ground and forming seeds. Snipping off dead flowers, which is called dead-heading, encourages new blooms.