Pansy 'Clear Crystals Mix' Seeds

Clear Crystals is the pansy for anyone who prefers pure colour: each bloom is one clean shade with no dark blotch, just a small golden eye. Viola x wittrockiana 'Clear Crystals Mix' runs through deep purple, lavender blue, yellow, white and velvety red on compact, bushy plants. They look sharp in window boxes, pots and border edges, and the whole flower is edible: press them onto biscuits, scatter them over salads or freeze them in ice cubes.

Sowing and growing

• Sow indoors February to March for summer flowers, or June to July for flowers in autumn and again in spring.
• Sow on fine compost and cover very lightly, about 1.5 mm.
• Germination takes 2 to 3 weeks at 15 to 20°C; keep seed trays out of high heat, which stops germination.
• Prick out and plant 15 to 20 cm apart in sun or partial shade.
• Grows to about 15 to 20 cm tall.
• Flowers through summer from spring sowings, or autumn into spring from summer sowings. Deadhead to keep them flowering.
• Hardy; usually grown as an annual or biennial.

What you receive: a packet of about 150 seeds from Piccolo Seeds, with growing instructions on the back.

Browse our full range of flower and herb seeds, raise your seedlings with our seed trays and propagators, or find pansies with other edible blooms in the Baking with Flowers seed collection.