How do you maintain a viola?
Care for violas correctly Do not let violas dry out; they do best with regular water. Violas benefit from a light dose of organic fertilizer each month during the growing season. Deadhead blooms often to encourage fresh blooms. Hot weather causes viola blooms to fade and plants to die back.
Can I cut back leggy violas?
Pruning. To promote blooming and extend the flowering period, remove or deadhead faded flowers by pinching off the blooms at the base of the flower stem. You can revive leggy or overgrown plants by cutting them back to about 3 to 4 inches tall.
How do I keep my violas from getting leggy?
How to Keep Viola Seedlings From Getting Leggy
- Cut off unusually long shoots or stems with hand clippers.
- Place viola seedlings in a sunny location.
- Turn seedlings sitting in the sun daily to encourage upright growth.
- Blow an oscillating fan on the seedlings for two to three hours each day.
What can I do with leggy violas?
If your violas become leggy and you don’t want to do all that deadheading, you can undertake a mid season chop. Usually in mid July we take the garden shears to our violas and simply cut straight across the top leaving 2 inches of growth.
What do you do with violas after flowering?
Most of the bedding violas and pansies are perennials or biennials but they are usually just kept for one season and then discarded, but after flowering they can be cut back to a couple of centimetres and they will re-grow.
What to do when violas finish flowering?
Do you have to dead head violas?
Maintenance Tips. In order to keep pansies and violas looking their best, they need to be deadheaded pretty frequently, at least once a week for best results. If they are in a pot by your front door, you may be able to quickly remove the spent flowers and seedpods everyday.
How do you overwinter violas?
To get the best from winter violas, plant them in pots, window boxes and flowerbeds close to the house, so you have them close at hand to enjoy the intricacy of their flowers. To keep your winter violas flowering through winter, make sure you promptly snip off the old flowerheads once the flowers have faded.
Can I cut back leggy pansies?
Rejuvenate Leggy Pansies Cut leggy pansies back to 5 to 7 inches tall. Make each cut right above a leaf set on the stalk. Use a pair of small clippers to cut the delicate stems. After cutting back pansies, apply 1 teaspoon of fertilizer per square foot of garden bed.
Do you have to Deadhead violas?
In order to keep pansies and violas looking their best, they need to be deadheaded pretty frequently, at least once a week for best results. If they are in a pot by your front door, you may be able to quickly remove the spent flowers and seedpods everyday.
What do you do with a viola in the summer?
With proper care, violas can bloom all summer and most will bloom again in the fall. Or, particularly in hot, southern climates, they can be removed and replaced with another flower during the summer, then planted again when cooler weather returns in the fall.
How do you collect viola seeds?
Collecting seed
- Collect ripe seed on a dry day, as soon as the seedheads (e.g. capsules or pods) ripen.
- Pick the seedheads, either singly or on stalks, and lay them out to dry on a greenhouse bench, warm windowsill or in an airing cupboard.
- If they don’t open when dry, gently crush pods and capsules to release the seed.