Cream & yellow viola

My pansies aren't doing well either they started very well in the autumn

Yes, so did mine! Infuriating, isn't it. :-((

Our poor violas have been knocked about by the cold this year.......

That's what surprises me, Dd. Violas - fine. Pansies? Let's not think about them. Grrrrrr.....:-((((

It is all to do with the weather I am sure, the plant breeders have developed plants more suited to ideal conditions, which they certainly have not been, hardy can mean many things!!

How true. These pansies are called 'winter pansies' though. They should have been OK, shouldn't they.

It's beautiful...

Barbara for a mild winter perhaps?

How come the violas are so strong, then?

I've got some in the same pot where one is ok and the other is either frost damaged or got a disease. very few flowers on any of them but as you can see from my photos they were doing well in Oct.

Very strange. They're normally so reliable, aren't they.