Little Faces

One of my favourite plants is the Pansy.  They just make me smile with their petals that resemble little faces.  I'm not the only one who thinks that either.  The Afrikaans name for Pansy is "Gesiggies" which translates to "little faces".

I have to admire the resiliance of these winter flowering ones.  I bought them from a local DIY store at the end of November, as in my usual fashion, I forgot to go and buy any earlier.  There the were stragglely end of line ones which nobody else had bought.  They were quite small, not overly healthy looking and didn't get planted until the second week of December.  Add to that the three feet of snow that was dumped on top of them in January, I am amazed they even survived!

But survive they have.  Not only that, they are flourishing, as you can see.  They are planted into a metal basket which is attached to the South facing fence, so quite a sunny position until mid afternoon.  All I need to remember to do now is remember to water them as the basket is quite shallow.  Hopefully, if they can survive the winter, they can survive me too!