It is time to reimagine the Pansy...

Pansies and Violas are making a comeback in floral design, led by the inspiring Brenna Estrada from Three Brothers Blooms in the US, who is about to release her book "Pansies: How to Grow, Reimagine, and Create Beauty with Pansies and Violas". Pansies and Violas historically make fantastic cut flowers and the amazing modern breeding around the world is helping to bring back the longer stemmed, more glamorous cultivars - which do need careful but quite simple growing methods to achieve useable stem length (like planting very closely together and/or next to a trellis). Brenna's book (and stunning Instagram content) and guidance from growers like Floret have inspired a Pansy movement in the US and I am so excited to bring these varieties to Australia so we can all fall in love with a new type of Pansy and Viola.

This includes an Italian range of Pansies, bred by and sourced directly from Farao Societola Agricola in Sarno, Italy. These specialty varieties have a specific focus on cut flower use and the colours and ruffles and vigour of the plants are just remarkable. We also have a wide range of varieties that are available in Australia through my cut-flower seed wholesalers that have been successfully used for cut-flower production by US flower farmers. These are rarely seen available retail and I am very excited to be able to share all of these varieties with you. The first cut-flower Pansy & Viola collection in Australia!

I am growing cut-flower Pansies and Violas this season for the first time alongside you, so I will provide growing instructions below and also include a whole lot of fantastic references to help you (and me!) on our Pansy & Viola journeys. I highly recommend ordering Brenna's book (available through Amazon in Australia) and deep diving into the resources below. It is such a beautiful world to fall into! The growing instructions and descriptions of each variety come from an amalgamation of my research into each variety. I will add Australia-specific content as I grow them and can share my experiences with you. For now, as I have been able to access these seeds through my wholesale sources, I am able to share these hard-to-find (if at all) seeds with my fellow Australian gardeners and growers. Enjoy the beautiful blooms, Jen x

Image credits on this page are to the beautiful Brenna Estrada of Three Brothers Blooms, who selflessly shares generously and endlessly in pursuit of the love of Pansies. Thank you!