pansy
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Helen Litchfield, secretary of the botany section at La Société Guernesiaise, said the team's efforts in propagating the dwarf pansy meant it was no longer at risk.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
“There was even this period ‘the pansy craze’ where it was fashionable to have limp-wristed men in movies who may have been gay or trans or entirely outside that in movies.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2019
You can also try perennials such as the marsh marigold, Lily of the valley, astilbe, clematis, primrose, pansy and lamb’s ear.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2014
Going without a DVR demonstrated exactly how much of a pansy I am: I responded to not having DVR much the same way that 19th-century Irish responded to not having potatoes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2011
But I wasn’t seeing him, so after I buried the last pansy I hopped onto my bicycle and headed down the sidewalk.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
Though the dwarf pansies are not yet available to purchase, Litchfield encouraged islanders to consider planting other native and naturalised species to contribute to their conservation.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
A military band marches among flowerbeds of pansies and violets.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Faced with more bulbs than planting time, last fall I resorted to filling a small container with Narcissus bulbocodium topped off with winter pansies.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
Department of Agriculture figures show that wholesale revenue for the flowers last year topped $50.6 million, putting them just behind begonias and pansies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Flowers peeped out amongst the leaves; snow-drops, crocuses, purple auriculas, and golden-eyed pansies.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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