Winter Pansies - am i too late?

There you go, I bought 2 trays of mixed violas from B&Q, so now have 40 plants. don't know where they're going to go.

 

Pansies are planted a couple of weeks ago above.

Top violas bought already made up from Lidls. The bottom 2 I planted up after work today. 03/03. Both are so lovely plants.

 

I planted these beautiful violas this afternoon, not only they’re a lovely colour, but also they’re very symbolic and represents my solidarity with one country.

 

Just out of curiosity, the violas will cover the whole pot/hanging basket and will look spectacular, will this be done by growing of self seeding?

 

@GreenFingeredPete they will branch and spread, particularly if you're diligent about dead heading. If they seed, they may not produce seedlings of the same colour.
When they tend to stop flowering, I give them a bit of a short back and sides, add some slow release fertiliser to pep them up, and they tend to start again.

 

When I planted these on Thursday I put some new compost down which I mixed with growmore into. On other displays today, I used chicken pellets today, that had some water got into, via a damaged lit, it proper stank, so no doubt perfect for plants.

I’m bit nervy about cutting back, just in case they don’t grow back, the blue and yellow violas I want to get a perfect display, as this is a surprise for 2 Ukrainian friends.

 

Mine are now doing a second round. I bought these in early October, they flowered until Christmas and last week I gave them a chop plus some seaweed watering.

The plants have bulked up nicely and have loads of new buds.

After this round is done, I think I'll cut them back again and hide them somewhere and in autumn check if they look like giving another year.

 

Don't cut them back now @GreenFingeredPete , do it much later when they have nearly finished flowering. Let them grow and they will turn into lovely bushy plants. I just leave my violas, apart from watering, too fiddly to deadhead, and they flower for ages. I plant them in my borders too and they flower until July.

 

Thanks for that.

I have had a mixture of viola/pansies for the last 2 years, with mixed results. 1; they have been killed by the cold, by which I mean snow has covered them 2; they look great in late spring, then bolt.

So wondering if I can keep them in late spring condition going into summer or are they done by June?

 

They are really at their best before June, then you can replace them with summer bedding. It also depends a bit on the weather. When it's hot they don't last so long.