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I bought some black winter flowering pansies this fall (I bet that makes you feel warm and fuzzy Spookzilla). Anyway, they look just like black velvet. After they finish blooming in the spring I am going to collect seeds and start a mass of black pansies for Halloween decorating. They won't add much visual interest at night but they would be an interesting visual during the day. I am thinking about filling my window boxes with the pansies and tucking in purple or orange mini lights and draping the window boxes with webbing. Or mixing black and orange pansies (I know guys it's kind of a girlie thing). But I am also considering using white pansies with mini black lights which might give an interesting glow effect at night. Has anyone ever used the mini black lights? Do you think they would be effective for what I have in mind? Do any of you use a webb caster? Are you happy with the results?

i think that sounds so cool madame! i wish could do something like that myself, but i can't keep a plant alive. i always kill them!LOL

I have pretty good luck with outside plants because it rains a lot where I live. House plants don't have a good track record with me, unless they are cacti or plants that love to be abused by neglect

I love the thought of the black Pansies everywhere for Halloween.My mother has a back porch that is covered in white Moon Glories and the sight it makes is just breath taking in the summer night.

Just a quick question... are they the "Black Prince" pansies that have a slight purple hue, or the truly black, "Black Pansies" that are actually a hybrid of a pansy and a violet? If it's the latter, the seeds are infertile and won't germinate... I know, cause I tried, being completely in love with those darn flowers.

Originally Posted by Sipesh

Just a quick question... are they the "Black Prince" pansies that have a slight purple hue, or the truly black, "Black Pansies" that are actually a hybrid of a pansy and a violet? If it's the latter, the seeds are infertile and won't germinate... I know, cause I tried, being completely in love with those darn flowers.

I'm not sure. They were not labeled. I hope they will produce viable seeds because they really are gorgeous. They really look like black velvet. Have you ever tried starting the plants by cuttings?

I tried to propigate them through cuttings, but I wasn't having any luck. I was using a hydroponic set up with rooting hormone. It could just have been I didn't give it long enough but eventually, my cat ate the little cuttings I was trying to sprout and...

...dang cat.

Originally Posted by Sipesh

I tried to propigate them through cuttings, but I wasn't having any luck. I was using a hydroponic set up with rooting hormone. It could just have been I didn't give it long enough but eventually, my cat ate the little cuttings I was trying to sprout and...

...dang cat.

You are my kind of gardener. I remember my mother going on vacation and asking me to take care of her little bedding plants until the got home. I put them in a cold frame and of course the neighbors cat decided it made a great bed. Of course it had to be my "mothers" plants that got ruined. I still felt like a little child that was really gonna get it when she got home. But since I was married and a mother in my own right I just got "the look".

Oh yes I am getting a big warm fuzzy feeling, how delightful Madame Turlock! Save me a handful of seeds so I can plant it among my Devils Weed ;-)

Go for full size black light tubes.

Originally Posted by Spookzilla

Oh yes I am getting a big warm fuzzy feeling, how delightful Madame Turlock! Save me a handful of seeds so I can plant it among my Devils Weed ;-)

Go for full size black light tubes.

That would really give a nice glow coming from the window box. Are they weather proof or will I have to modify them? Do you recommend a particular vendor?