About
A vigorous, mounding and trailing, floriferous tender perennial to 20 or 30cm in height. It trails or spreads around 30 to 40 cm so is ideal for hanging baskets and containers and as ground cover in sunny, warm, well-drained spots. It blooms from late spring or early summer into autumn. It has oval shaped, sticky and hairy mid-green leaves and produces velvety, gramophone-trumpet-shaped, bright pink flowers with deeper red-pink veining that are around 6.5 cm across. It is usually grown as seasonal bedding or a patio plant.
About the genus
Petunia can be annuals or perennials, with simple leaves and large, solitary, trumpet-shaped flowers in the upper leaf axils from late spring to autumn
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun
Soil typeClay, Loam, Sand
Soil pHAcid, Neutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained, Well-drained
AspectEast-facing, South-facing, West-facing
ExposureExposed, Sheltered
UK hardinessH2
Plant details
Plant typeBedding
HabitTrailing
FoliageEvergreen
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Time to full height1 year
Suggested usesCity and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Hanging basket, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Care notes
CultivationGrow in light, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun, with shelter from drying winds. Plant out after frosts have passed
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationPropagate by seed
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to aphids and slugs
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to grey moulds, foot rot and a virus