Perennials: first time having pansies - think I was fibbed to, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
When I was a young man, about 50 years ago, by Grandmother used to plant her Viola x wittrockiana (large flowered Pansy) in the fall.

That was in zone 3b. She placed them on the south side of the house, out a couple feet and the snow would always cover them. They would survive 20-25 below. They didn't flower in the winter. And remember light goes right thru the snow, so covering them with mulch will/would kill them.

Here in Tampa they grow like weeds all winter. In part shade/morning sun I have had mine last until mid-May some years.