In Praise of Petunias

By mcash70
March 26, 2014

“Petunia is a genus of 35 species of flowering plants of South American origin, closely related to tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, deadly nightshades, potatoes and chili peppers; in the family Solanaceae." (Wikipedia)

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Mar 28, 2014 2:37 AM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
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Margaret, I cannot remember what colour the parents were last year. My feeling is the variety in colour is less and the flowerers aren't as big with progeny. I remember a bright red one and a pink one in the spot of the photos.

These are some of the self seeded ones. You can see that mobs have germinate. There is a nice purple offspring too but 'battery exhausted' happened on me.

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Mar 28, 2014 9:21 AM CST
Name: Margaret
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Glen, yes I can see that they are smaller blooms, which are pretty, but if you want the larger showy blooms then I would suggest replacing rather then letting them go to seed, or buy new seeds and sow those where you want them to grow.
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Mar 28, 2014 12:28 PM CST
Name: Dinu
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I'm also a petunia-lover too, but still yearning to grow a few of them. This time, coming May, I'll seriously explore.
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