Black Pansy

[Fat Bob]

I know they're not exactly difficult to grow but Pansies behave so well for me that they're one of my favourites.

It has a very slight purple sheen but it really is as black as night.



Here's one of his cousins too.

[FionaH]

Im with you, I love pansies Your pics are lovely

[BumbleB]

Yes they are great. I grew the black variety this year too.

[Two_Sheds]

I've got some black viola which I save seed from every year, but it never really thrives ... it's quite hard to grow, compared with the commoner colours which go on and on and on

[Flummery]

I've got Molly Sanderson. Can't remember if she's technically a viola or a pansy - probably the former as she's petite.

[Dottie]

Lovely deep black, but then I also like the more subtle cousin too.

I've sown 24 viola 'sorbet mixed' in modules for the garden, first time so hopefully they will germinate.

[Fat Bob]

I love the violas too but I've not grown the black ones.

I've just looked up Flummery's Molly Sanderson which is indeed a jet black Viola and it's lovely.

I was going to take some pics of the Violas I have but they're a bit threadbare. I have some new ones a couple of inches high and they're an ice-blue with a yellow centre, so I'll take some pics of those when they appear.

What I did notice about homegrown ones was how large and vigorous the plants were compared to retail ones.