How-To Make a Colorful Impact: Container Gardens & Matrix® Pansies

different colors of matrix pansies

Does your garden need a pop of fresh, seasonal color? Make an impact with container gardens and Matrix® Pansies! Container gardens are the easiest way to keep your garden growing while adding style and color. You can personalize your gardens and update as often as you would like. This fall, choose bold color that will thrive during the cooler seasons like Matrix® Pansies!

 

ALL ABOUT MATRIX® PANSIES

purple matrix pansies

Matrix® Pansies are one of our favorites for cool season color. The striking blooms come in a wide variety of pansy colors and many different styles like blotch or clear. They are well-known for their consistent growth and large blooms. Matrix® Pansies easily fill flowerbeds and containers with decorative mass plantings of blooms that last from the fall through the early spring. They are low-maintenance and provide the most flowers per plant of any large-flowered pansy.

red matrix pansy

Planting for beneficial pollinators? Matrix® Pansies are frost tolerant with fragrant flowers that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to your landscape!

 

PANSY PLANTING & CARE TIPS

4 in pansies

Matrix® Pansy flowers perform well in partial sun to full sunlight throughout the day. When planting in containers, use a well-draining soil like Calloway’s Premium Container Potting Soil.

pansy garden

Calloway’s Premium Container Potting Soil helps your pansy plants get the best start for healthier, continued growth. It contains water saving ingredients like Hydrogel water holding crystals, Expanded Shale and Coconut Coir for added moisture control. Additional ingredients include sphagnum peat moss, composted rice hulls, composted pine bark, earthworm castings, Dolomite lime, and trace elements. Our soil is Silicon Enriched™ to provide container plants with the same benefits as those grown in the Earth’s soil! Plus, our .2-.05-.1 professional formula contains a slow release fertilizer to help feed your plants for up to 6 months.

purple and white blotch pansy plant

Water in thoroughly when planted and allow the water to drain out the drain hole. Water again when the top few inches of the soil feel dry to the touch.

 

 

HOW TO MAKE AN IMPACT WITH MATRIX® PANSY CONTAINER GARDENS

POTTERY & HANGING BASKETS

container garden pottery

Choose the perfect pottery for your container garden. Select a size that will be big enough to fit your selection of plants. Have fun exploring all the different styles and colors to find the best container for your garden! Pick a colorful array to display white, orange, yellow and blue pansies or stick to a monochromatic color scheme with different styles of pottery in the same color.

pansy hanging baskets

Want to hang with beautiful color? Try hanging baskets! Check out our selection of pre-made hanging baskets at our store nearest you or make your own! While supplies last!

 

BEFORE AND AFTER: THE IMPACT OF MATRIX® PANSY CONTAINER GARDENS

Explore these examples of how you can make a quick and easy update to your landscape with easy-to-make container gardens.

BEFORE

empty front yard

AFTER

pansy container garden refresh

 

 

BEFORE

empty spot of yard

AFTER

pansy plants in landscape

 

 

BEFORE

empty part of yard

 AFTER

matrix pansy container gardens

 

 

WHAT TO PLANT WITH YOUR MATRIX® PANSIES

When choosing selections to plant with your Matrix® Pansies, it is important that their sun and water requirements match to keep your plants happy and healthy.

 

ORNAMENTAL CABBAGE OR KALE

pansy and ornamental kale

Ornamental Cabbage and Kale are fall favorites. They add rich colors and gorgeous seasonal color to any landscape. They grow best in full sun during the cooler months and the cool temperatures create strong pigments of vibrant colors in the leaves.

ornamental cabbage plant

 

FRESH HERBS

parlsey

Cool season herbs are in stock and ready to be planted! You can enjoy these edible herbs by their delicious fragrance and even use them in your recipes for a healthy family meal.

chives

Fresh herbs can create a dynamic look like the full and curly leaves of parsley or spill over your container with chives. See what we have in stock now at our store nearest you!

 

ALYSSUM

sweet alyssum

Alyssum plants contain clusters of tiny, fragrant flowers in white and purple that bloom with a lovely star shape! A great addition to seasonal gardens and containers for its compact growth and trailing habit, plus it is a lovely plant to attract pollinators to your garden!

purple alyssum

 

DUSTY MILLER

dusty miller plant

Dusty Miller offers striking white to silver fern-like foliage that can be used as an accent in containers or as a border in garden beds. They are known as the perfect complimentary foliage for your flowering annuals, like Matrix® Pansies!

 

PURPLE HEART

purple heart plant

Purple Heart is a trailing perennial, known for its foliage of lovely leaves that emerge burgundy-red and mature to a purple hue. They are low maintenance, and excellent for containers or massed as groundcover.

 

pansies and herbs

There are so many choices to plant in your container garden! Personalize your creations in a design that works best for you!

 

FEED YOUR PLANTS

calloway's premium flower food

To keep your plants bold and beautiful, give them the best food for proper nourishment. Calloway’s Premium Flower Food is great for all blooming flowers like Begonias, Cyclamen, Pansies, Petunias, Periwinkle, and more.  Our 12-4-8 specialized formula contains nitrogen, Fx Iron®, phosphate, and other key ingredients to help your flower bloom with big, bold color!

 

SHOP WITH EASE

pansy container garden

Shop with ease for your Matrix® Pansy container garden! At Calloway’s and Cornelius, we have convenient ways to shop for your home and garden! Our open-air stores are here for you to enjoy, try shopping online, or you can call our store nearest you and place an order over the phone for Curbside Pickup!

Questions about plant care, availability, or quantities of plants? Call our store nearest you! Our Texas Certified Nursery Professionals are here to help with your planting needs!

pansy container garden ideas

Share your creations with us on our Facebook page or Instagram and use hashtag #CALLOWAYSNURSERY or #CORNELIUSNURSERY! We love to see what you grow and create!