Cool Wave Fire, Violet x wittorockiana, or Spreading Pansy, is the most vigorous and cold-hardy spreading Pansy on the market. A short-lived perennial to zone 5, this plant offers tons of trailing, spreading color for the early spring or autumn market, coming back first or lasting all winter. With the most prostrate habit of any spreading Pansy, Cool Wave brings a splash of color as a spiller in combination containers or the landscape as a high-impact, fast-growing groundcover. Reaching 6-8" tall and 24-30" wide, this yellow and red variegated Pansy is a must-have to wow cool-season gardeners and extend the selling season for spring and autumn. Create a stunning display by growing this variety alongside Golden Yellow and Sunshine and Wine.
Cool Wave Fire Selling Tips
Sell Cool Wave Fire to customers looking for easy spreading colorTMfor hanging baskets, combination containers, or groundcover. The Cool Wave Pansy series is the fastest growing, longest lasting, and all-around best trailing Pansy on the market, with a superior prostrate habit and exceptional over-wintering hardiness to zone 5. Create an attractive landscape by growing Pansies with Snapdragon, Dianthus, Lobelia, Golden Lemon Thyme, spring bulbs, and Flowering Kale.
Coach YourCustomer
1. Space plants 10-12" apart in well-draining soil in full or partial sun. These plants thrive in cool weather and prefer morning sun, especially during hot summer days. Plant Pansies in containers to move them to afternoon shade in summer.
2. Water regularly to prevent plants from wilting. Apply all-purpose fertilizer every two weeks to encourage vigorous growth.
3. Deadhead flowers to encourage continuous blooming.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Cool Wave Fire, grow one to three seedling plugs per 4-inch or gallon container or four seedling plugs per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.4-5.8 and EC of 1.2-1.5 mS/cm. Provide temperatures of 62-70 during the day and 45-55 at night for spring crops or 55-60 at night for fall crops. Use a nitrate form, low-phosphorus fertilizer at 175-225 ppm N once a week or 125 ppm N constant liquid feed. Before shipping, apply a slow-release Osmocote 15-9-12. This plant needs facultative long days but has only a minimal response to day-length changes. Don't pinch this plant, and only apply PGRs as necessary, more often for fall production. Use daminozide and chlormequat chloride and an early drench of paclobutrazol. Watch for aphids, root rot, powdery mildew, and botrytis.
Flowering
Red and yellow variegated flowers bloom prolifically from early spring through winter in warm regions, or until frost north of zone 5.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
Height Control
While spring crops don't typically require PGRs, fall crops usually do. Apply daminozide or chlormequat chloride at 5000 ppm tank mix or 500 ppm spray. Additionally, for fall production, use a paclobutrazol drench at 0.1-0.125 ppm once foliage covers the soil.
Pests
Scout for aphids as part of your commercial greenhouse's Integrated Pest Management program.
Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that cause damage by sucking sap from plant tissue. They reproduce quickly and are particularly attracted to young growth. Curling and yellowed leaves, stunted growth, and stickiness on leaves are signs of an infestation. These insects also spread diseases and reproduce rapidly. Use biological controls or horticultural oils to discourage and kill aphids.
Disease
Watch for signs of root rot, powdery mildew, and botrytis. Use preventative measures in your greenhouse by watering at the base of each plant, allowing the soil to dry between waterings, sterilizing tools and surfaces, and using clean growing media.
Botrytis is a common fungal disease that causes brown spots on stems, leaves, and flowers. Remove and destroy affected plants, maintain appropriate humidity levels, and apply fungicides with boscalid, fenhexamid, or iprodione to control the spread. Water plants in the morning and allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Powdery Mildew is a fungal disease that thrives in humid conditions, appearing as a white or gray coating on foliage and flowers. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse. We recommend horizontal airflow fans to help control humidity levels alongside a dehumidifier or manual venting. Remove and destroy infected plants and apply fungicides as needed or preventatively. Look for the active ingredients myclobutanil, trifloxystrobin, or potassium bicarbonate to combat Powdery Mildew threatening your seedling plugs.
Root Rot occurs in poorly drained or overly wet soil, which becomes the host for several types of fungi. It causes stunted growth, wilting, and root system decay. Prevention is the best treatment, and you will avoid most root rot problems by using clean, well-draining media, appropriate containers, and good watering practices for finishing seedling plugs. Inspect plants for signs of disease regularly. Repot infected plants in well-draining soil, adjust your watering schedule, provide better airflow, and use a fungicide if needed.
Planting Cool Wave Fire Liners
We recommend planting one to three seedling plugs per 4-inch or gallon container or four per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepots evenly spaced in the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Pansy Cool Wave Fire Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
5-7 Weeks
10 Inch crop time
7-10 Weeks
Bloom Period
Year Round
Color
Red, Yellow
Habit
Spreading, Trailing
Height
6-8 Inches
Light
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Minimum Temp
45
Perennial Zone
Zones 5
Water Needs
Moderate
Patented Plant
Yes
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Cool Wave Fire, Violet x wittorockiana, or Spreading Pansy, is the most vigorous and cold-hardy spreading Pansy on the market. A short-lived perennial to zone 5, this plant offers tons of trailing, spreading color for the early spring or autumn market, coming back first or lasting all winter. With the most prostrate habit of any spreading Pansy, Cool Wave brings a splash of color as a spiller in combination containers or the landscape as a high-impact, fast-growing groundcover. Reaching 6-8" tall and 24-30" wide, this yellow and red variegated Pansy is a must-have to wow cool-season gardeners and extend the selling season for spring and autumn. Create a stunning display by growing this variety alongside Golden Yellow and Sunshine and Wine.
Cool Wave Fire Selling Tips
Sell Cool Wave Fire to customers looking for easy spreading colorTMfor hanging baskets, combination containers, or groundcover. The Cool Wave Pansy series is the fastest growing, longest lasting, and all-around best trailing Pansy on the market, with a superior prostrate habit and exceptional over-wintering hardiness to zone 5. Create an attractive landscape by growing Pansies with Snapdragon, Dianthus, Lobelia, Golden Lemon Thyme, spring bulbs, and Flowering Kale.
Coach YourCustomer
1. Space plants 10-12" apart in well-draining soil in full or partial sun. These plants thrive in cool weather and prefer morning sun, especially during hot summer days. Plant Pansies in containers to move them to afternoon shade in summer.
2. Water regularly to prevent plants from wilting. Apply all-purpose fertilizer every two weeks to encourage vigorous growth.
3. Deadhead flowers to encourage continuous blooming.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Cool Wave Fire, grow one to three seedling plugs per 4-inch or gallon container or four seedling plugs per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.4-5.8 and EC of 1.2-1.5 mS/cm. Provide temperatures of 62-70 during the day and 45-55 at night for spring crops or 55-60 at night for fall crops. Use a nitrate form, low-phosphorus fertilizer at 175-225 ppm N once a week or 125 ppm N constant liquid feed. Before shipping, apply a slow-release Osmocote 15-9-12. This plant needs facultative long days but has only a minimal response to day-length changes. Don't pinch this plant, and only apply PGRs as necessary, more often for fall production. Use daminozide and chlormequat chloride and an early drench of paclobutrazol. Watch for aphids, root rot, powdery mildew, and botrytis.
Flowering
Red and yellow variegated flowers bloom prolifically from early spring through winter in warm regions, or until frost north of zone 5.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
Height Control
While spring crops don't typically require PGRs, fall crops usually do. Apply daminozide or chlormequat chloride at 5000 ppm tank mix or 500 ppm spray. Additionally, for fall production, use a paclobutrazol drench at 0.1-0.125 ppm once foliage covers the soil.
Pests
Scout for aphids as part of your commercial greenhouse's Integrated Pest Management program.
Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that cause damage by sucking sap from plant tissue. They reproduce quickly and are particularly attracted to young growth. Curling and yellowed leaves, stunted growth, and stickiness on leaves are signs of an infestation. These insects also spread diseases and reproduce rapidly. Use biological controls or horticultural oils to discourage and kill aphids.
Disease
Watch for signs of root rot, powdery mildew, and botrytis. Use preventative measures in your greenhouse by watering at the base of each plant, allowing the soil to dry between waterings, sterilizing tools and surfaces, and using clean growing media.
Botrytis is a common fungal disease that causes brown spots on stems, leaves, and flowers. Remove and destroy affected plants, maintain appropriate humidity levels, and apply fungicides with boscalid, fenhexamid, or iprodione to control the spread. Water plants in the morning and allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Powdery Mildew is a fungal disease that thrives in humid conditions, appearing as a white or gray coating on foliage and flowers. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse. We recommend horizontal airflow fans to help control humidity levels alongside a dehumidifier or manual venting. Remove and destroy infected plants and apply fungicides as needed or preventatively. Look for the active ingredients myclobutanil, trifloxystrobin, or potassium bicarbonate to combat Powdery Mildew threatening your seedling plugs.
Root Rot occurs in poorly drained or overly wet soil, which becomes the host for several types of fungi. It causes stunted growth, wilting, and root system decay. Prevention is the best treatment, and you will avoid most root rot problems by using clean, well-draining media, appropriate containers, and good watering practices for finishing seedling plugs. Inspect plants for signs of disease regularly. Repot infected plants in well-draining soil, adjust your watering schedule, provide better airflow, and use a fungicide if needed.
Planting Cool Wave Fire Liners
We recommend planting one to three seedling plugs per 4-inch or gallon container or four per 10-inch basket. Use well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepots evenly spaced in the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Pansy Cool Wave Fire Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
5-7 Weeks
10 Inch crop time
7-10 Weeks
Bloom Period
Year Round
Color
Red, Yellow
Habit
Spreading, Trailing
Height
6-8 Inches
Light
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Minimum Temp
45
Perennial Zone
Zones 5
Water Needs
Moderate
Patented Plant
Yes
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