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
“We had a bright orange, leopard pansy print, which did brilliantly last season, but we wondered whether you might feel a bit brash wearing it at home,” Cameron says.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2020
And some reassurance that my struggle is real, and that I’m not a weak pansy looking for an excuse for not living up to my potential.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2018
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
"Well, they're no pansy flowers, but . . . m'lord has the truth of it. There's no corpse stink."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
"Dwarf pansies are definitely one of our very rarest plants, that will not be going extinct anytime soon," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
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
Add cold-season plantings like primroses, pansies, heather and cyclamen to pots and window boxes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
He also planted pansies, Swanton said, which grew fast and quickly helped bring in some money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
Later I remembered that he spoke in French, and I wondered if he meant to show me that he had noticed my gift of the pansies.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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