Planting Seeds of Friendship

Taylor HixsonMarch 16, 2011

Petunia

Three facts The botanical name is

Solanales A petunia is an annual. The describtion of a Petunia

garden petunias are divided into two types: multifloras and grandifloras. Each has single and double forms, with grandiflora petunias being larger. Singles are more weatherproof than doubles.

Plant Details

Petunias need at least five or six hours of good sunlight

A petunia grows 15 inches tall and 12 inches wide

The bloom durations is summer through fall.

Petunia’s use average to rich, moist, well-drained, adapted to poor soil conditions.

Watering your seeds

They need 15 millimeters of water.

Uses

Beds, borders, walkways, paths, containers -- all will accommodate an abundance of petunias. Some varieties are especially recommended for containers, since they mound up and billow over the edges.

Plant Varieties

The different types of petunia’s are; grandiflora, milliflora, milliflora, and trailing petunia’s.

Sources

http://home.howstuffworks.com/define-petunia.htm

http://www.ehow.com/about_6633109_type-soil-do-petunias-like_.html

http://gardening.about.com/od/plantprofiles/a/Petunias.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petunia