I planted pansies in the center of all of the window boxes. While the yellow ones in the center box are doing fine, the variety of purple pansies that are in the two outer boxes are under siege.
We've had a week of mostly rainy/cloudy days, which have caused the petunias to thrive, but the pansies seem to have wilted (or been attacked by their box mates). When I got home last night, it looked like the pansies had been mauled to death.
Emergency surgery was required. I decided to replant the tired looking pansies into the clematis containers because I recently read that clematis like to have their roots shaded by annuals.
The pansies in box #1 (with the petunias) looked the worst by far as it looked like the petunias were overtaking them and the pansies I had literally decided to lay down on the job as a result. So, I decided to remove all of them, but I'm not sure if it is too late - they look pretty sad.
The situation in Box #3 was not as dire. While some of the pansies had that wilted look to them, others were thriving and I ultimately decided only to remove half of them to see if that will help the box situation. The pansies in box #3 are a really unique mix of purple (see the first picture) and I really want them to succeed, so I was nervous about replanting all of them.
Unfortunately, pansies are not big fans of heat, so I might be saying good bye to all of them in July if we have a hot summer. Wisconsin is not exactly known for its heat, so they might make it through the summer, but we will have to wait and see.
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