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Springtime Flowers For Paris HiltonCopyright © 2006-2008 Wesley Berry, AAFThe grass is getting green and trees and shrubs are starting to bud. You're itching to get some dirt under your fingernails, but it's still pretty chilly at night and you don't think your summer garden flowers can withstand the cold just yet. Is there anything you can plant? Yes! Pansies are such a wonderful hardy early spring flower that even a high-society girl with little gardening experience like Paris Hilton could keep them flourishing. Pansies were first cultivated in the 1800s when gardeners in Northern Europe began crossing a wild flower called Heartsease, or viola tricolor, with a few different varieties of violets. This produced a larger, bolder flower that we now call the pansy. The term pansy comes from the French word "pensee," which means "thought" or "remembrance." It's three colors, purple, white, and yellow, were once believed to stand for memories, loving thoughts, and souvenirs-three items that could surely soothe the aching heart of lovers who could not be together. The pansy is an excellent choice for planting in the six or so weeks before the weather is warm enough for summer flowers. They can survive light frost and even a little snow. However, they can't do so for very long, so you will need to be a bit conservative and avoid planting them on the first warm day. Instead, try to wait until the weather is fairly consistently warmer, such as when your tulips and daffodils begin to poke their heads above the ground. In fact, pansies are a fabulous filler for your flower beds that can be planted among your tulips and other early spring bulb plants. When you set out to purchase your pansies, look for smaller plants that are compact and have lots of buds. Don't choose the biggest, brightest flowers in the display. The smaller ones will survive transplanting better than those that are in full bloom. Plant them in rich soil that stays moist easily. You'll need to water them about once per week and feed them every two weeks with a fertilizer developed for garden flowers. At maturity, your pansies will be about nine inches tall and bear beautiful flowers that are up to three inches in diameter. As beautiful and hardy as they are, even pansies eventually fade. Fortunately, that happens at about the same time you can begin planting your summer flowers because pansies don't do well in the heat. So, when they begin to look a bit weedy and stop producing flowers, it's time to pull them and put them in the compost heap so your flower beds can give way to all the gloriously bright and fragrant flowers of summer. About The Author:
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