Petunia Apple About
Petunia Apple Before you grow petunias, you should learn basic information about the plant. This can help you decide if petunias are right for you. A few facts about petunias include the following:
Number of Seeds | 1000 |
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Sowing month | Sept to Feb |
Sowing temperature | below 32C day time |
Blooming month | Dec to April |
Sun | Full |
- Description: Petunias add color to gardens. They are hardy plants that can produce blooms all season. Most petunias available today are hybrids.
- Plant type: Petunias are annuals
- Petunia Apple Light: They need full sun.
- Height: Petunias can reach 6-22 inches tall.
- Width: They can reach widths of 1-4 feet wide.
- Flower color: The most popular colors are yellow, red, white, blue, pink and purple.
- Foliage color: Foliage grows in blue or green.
- Season features: These flowers bloom in spring, summer and fall.
- Special features: They have a pleasant fragrance, are suitable for containers or baskets and require little maintenance.
- Zones: The plants can be grown as annuals in all zones.
A wide variety of petunias exist, so breeders separate them by type based on flower size and quantity:
- Petunia apple Hedge Multiflora: Considered a “hedgiflora” petunia, this series is an aggressive grower ideal for landscapes. It exhibits high Botrytis tolerance, and an abundance of 2” blooms that recover quickly after rain and are great performers all summer long. Great for landscapes as a great groundcover when spaced at 24” between the plants, or as an upright dense mounded hedge when spaced at 12” between the plants.
- Spreading/Trailing Milliflora: Milliflora petunias are one of the earliest to flower in the spreading petunia class, and they yield a proliferation of 1½ – 2″ blooms that blanket the mounded plants, making them superb for hanging baskets and containers. The Shock Wave petunia series has found its niche as the only small-flowered spreading series from seed, that is a great substitute for calibrachoa that continue to be difficult to produce from seed.
- Petunia Apple Spreading/Trailing Multiflora: These low-growing petunias are primarily multiflora types with medium blooms, but unlike the upright types the are great spreading plants that cover the ground. You can also plant them in window boxes, hanging baskets, and mixed containers. The Authentic Trailing Petunia™, Wave® has been a favorite brand of this type for more than 25 years.
- Upright Grandiflora: The Grandiflora petunias have large, wavy single or double flowers. These petunias are susceptible to rain damage, so they are best grown in containers or hanging baskets. During dry, humid summers, they may rot, making them not fare as well in the south.Growing Petunias From Seeds
- Petunia Apple Upright Multiflora: These types of petunias are the most durable and prolific. They have medium, abundant flowers. Since they are more tolerant of wet weather, they are ideal for summer.
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