{"product_id":"bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-pansy-swiss-giant-ullswater-deep-blue","title":"Pansy Swiss Giant Ullswater Deep Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarge velvety pansies in a deep indigo-blue, 6 to 8cm across with the characteristic darker face markings, on neat mounds of 15 to 20cm. The Swiss Giant series is the benchmark for a big traditional garden pansy, and 'Ullswater' is the blue one, named for the lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts real value is timing. It flowers when very little else does, either late spring from an autumn sowing or right through autumn and winter into spring from a spring sowing, and in a mild British winter it will keep going through January.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe seed needs total darkness to germinate, which catches people out constantly.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cover the tray with card or black plastic until the shoots appear, then bring it into the light, and keep it cool while germinating, because pansies dislike heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo more things. It is a hungry plant, so work compost into the ground, unlike most of the cottage annuals that want it lean. And deadhead religiously: a pansy allowed to set seed decides it has finished and goes downhill fast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195299225933,"sku":"PAN-SGU","price":2.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6961\/6973\/files\/pansy-swiss-giant-ullswater-deep-blue-5025749.jpg?v=1768592236","url":"https:\/\/thefoalyard.co.uk\/products\/bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-pansy-swiss-giant-ullswater-deep-blue","provider":"The Foalyard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}