Asked by: Anfal Claesen
home and garden landscaping

How long does it take for Johnny jump ups to germinate?

15
14 to 21 days


In this regard, how do you germinate a Johnny Jump Up?

Seeds for your Johnny Jump Up plant can be sown direct early in the spring. Or, you can start seeds indoors six to eight weeks before the last frost. Cover seeds with an eighth of an inch of soil, water them well, and keep them warm. Johnny Jump Up will take awhile to germinate, so be patient.

Furthermore, how do you care for a Johnny Jump Up? Care of Johnny Jump Ups. Keep johnny jump up flowers watered but don't let the soil get soggy. Pinch off dead flowers and stem ends to encourage bushier growth and more bloom production. Once the season is over, dig up the dead greenery and replant the bed for next year.

In this manner, are Johnny Jump Ups invasive?

Tiny pansy flowers, called Johnny-Jump-Ups, survive easily for me, becoming a bit invasive in my flower beds. New, beautiful 'Columbine' and 'Etain' violas, listed as perennial, not annual, flowers are hardy to Zone 4.

How much sun do johnny jump ups need?

Johnny Jump Ups are grown from seeds. They like full to partial sun. Johnny Jump Up can be directly seeded into your flower garden or seeded indoors for transplanting later. For spring blooms, you need to start your Johnny Jump Up in pots and containers indoors six to eight weeks before the last frost.

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Robbyn Behokhmah

Professional

Are Johnny jump ups poisonous?

Johnny Jump Ups are both weather tolerant and long blooming and are good container and edging plants and are lovely planted in spring bulb beds. Johnny Jump Ups blossoms are edible with a mild wintergreen flavor and make tasty garnishes and decorations.

Nuvia Ianhes

Professional

Are violas Hardy?

Pansies and Violas are hardy plants and will survive a frost—and even a hard freeze—for a period of time. Depending on how hard the frost was, flowers that were blooming may wither, but the plants will stay alive.

Wilder Pylnev

Professional

Are Johnny jump ups weeds?

Field Pansy (Johnny jump-up) (Viola, spp.): This winter annual weed has become a serious problem for many growers. As with chickweed, germination is in the late summer, fall, and early spring.

Aisetu Suetterlin

Explainer

Do johnny jump ups reseed?

Also known as Johnny jump-up, this is one of the first flowers to to be seen in spring (after crocuses) and are the last to die off in the fall. These delicate blue violets have been known to bloom after a light snow and will reseed in almost any area, including between rocks and in gravel driveways.

Eleanore Heitz

Explainer

Do johnny jump ups bloom all summer?

Since they are cool weather flowers, Johnny Jump Up wildflowers will bloom in the spring, fade during the heat of summer, and will often return with a new flush of flowers in the fall. The species have tri-colored blooms of purple, yellow and white and look like mini-pansies.

Ted Osinaga

Explainer

What goes well with pansies?

Foliage companions of pansies include ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea) and giant red mustard (Brassica juneca). Not only visually appealing but edible, giant red mustard plants require full sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained soil. This plant thrives in raised beds, as well as containers.

Mariyana Eddleston

Pundit

How tall do johnny jump ups get?

They reach about 10 inches tall. 'Helen Mount' has prolific tiny flowers of purple, lavender, and yellow. This is the traditional Johnny-jump-up.

Raye Ribagorda

Pundit

What is Johnny Jump Up?

"Johnny Jump Up" is an Irish drinking song by Tadhg Jordan from County Cork. It was first popularized by Jimmy Crowley, and then brought to a wider audience by Christy Moore. Johnny Jump Up is a strong cider, apparently made stronger by being stored in old whiskey barrels.

Asya Ayche

Pundit

How do you keep violas blooming?

Many people grow them as annuals, replacing them every year. You can grow them for spring bloom or fall bloom or both, if you can keep them alive during the summer. Should violas be deadheaded? Yes removing the spent blooms will keep the plant from setting seeds and will continue to bloom until the summer heat.

Marciana Arlanzon

Pundit

Where is the best place to plant pansies?

Pansies perform best in cooler weather, and are therefore usually planted in spring or fall. They like rich, well-drained soil high in organic matter, and full sun or partial shade. (Shade is especially beneficial south of Zone 7 where the hot afternoon sun will shut down flower production.)

Jun Bedmar

Pundit

How do I get rid of Viola in my yard?

Fall is the best time of year to control the wild violets. It's a perennial weed with a long tap root on it. Use a broadleaf killer that contains 2,4-D or Dicamba, and it will selectively kill the violets without damaging the grass. Another great wild violet herbicide is called Drive (quinclorac).

Orpha Antonaci

Teacher

What are small pansies called?

Viola tricolor var.
The garden pansy is a type of large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium ("the pansies") of the genus Viola, particularly Viola tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease.

Lindsay Urbanovska

Teacher

Are Johnny Jump Ups safe for dogs?

Gardeners often use pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) as bedding plants in flower beds, but if you have dogs or cats, you may want to limit their use to hanging or elevated pots and baskets. These cheery plants probably won't cause serious illness, but they are mildly poisonous to animals.

Alexandra Mestmacher

Teacher

What do wild pansies look like?

Wild Pansy - Viola tricolor
Low to short plant, stems erect or ascending. Flowers purple, violet blue, yellow and white, very variable. Garden pansies can be very similar in colour. The Wild Pansy is smaller (usually less than 2.5cm across) and the petals only overlap slightly.

Kexin Kohnlein

Teacher

How do you germinate viola seeds?

Sprinkle 2 to 3 seeds in each cell or pot and cover lightly with the more moistened potting mix. Note: Violas need darkness to germinate, so cover the seeds completely. Set in a warm (65 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit) location and keep moist.

Souliman Rapisarda

Reviewer

Do Edible flowers taste good?

Nasturtiums rank among most common edible flowers. Blossoms have a sweet,spicy flavor similar to watercress. Stuff whole flowers with savory mousse. If you eat only the petals, the flavor is extremely mild, but if you eat the whole flower, there is a winter, green overtone.

Tiffaney De Osa

Reviewer

What does Larkspur look like?

The colorful Larkspur blooms cover a spectrum from white to blue to violet. Larkspur Flowers are irregularly shaped and bloom in a loose, vertical grouping along the upper end of the plant's main stalk. Larkspur is actually a very complex flower consisting of both petals and sepals.