Petunia (petunia) - is a representative of the flora, beloved by many gardeners. Characterized by the presence of buds with a variety of colors, shapes and sizes.
Suitable for growing in pots and pots, planted in flower beds and curbs. The article below contains a full description of petunias of different colors, as well as photos.
Description and photos of plants of different colors
Today, there are 12 primary colors of petunias. Certain varieties are associated with each color.
Greens
There is only one variety of green petunia - "Green Line".
Fast-growing perennial, which is often grown as an annual.
The color of the buds is light green or dark green. The leaves are oval. Funnel-shaped flowers.
Red
This type of petunia includes several varieties.
Limbo GP Red Waynd
Red buds with pinkish streaks. Hybrid large-flowered variety of petunias. It has compact forms, flower diameter from 8 to 120 mm. It is characterized by abundant and long flowering period. Height is 15-20 cm.
Limbo GP Red Pikoti
Red flowers with white edging. Widely used to decorate loggias, borders, design flower bed compositions. Often grown in the vicinity of such representatives of the flora as vervain, marigold and cineraria. Buds in diameter reach 10 cm.
F1 avalanche
Saturated red buds. Form - compact, blooms from June to October.
Pink
They are used to land in hanging pots and balcony drawers, they decorate the walls of houses. Petunias pink are the following varieties.
Creeping Pink
Pink with a white heart. Included in the number of ampelous varieties, possesses plentiful and long flowering (from June to the first frost). The height of the trunk is about 20 cm, in width - about 1.2 m.
Pink Soft Falls
Pale pink buds of terry type. In diameter from 80 to 120 mm.
Shock Wave F1 Pink Wayne
Pinkish-lilac with a violet core.
Orange
The following plant varieties are related to orange petunias.
Gioconda Orange F1
A hybrid plant, has powerful and well-branched shoots. Height reaches 20 cm. Flowers are bright orange with a bright core.
Aladdin F1
Hybrid characterized by early flowering. The plant is bushy, has a compact shape, densely covered with flowers with a diameter of about 100 mm. Blossoming plentiful and long. Color - dark orange with a white core.
African sunset
Shrub with a height of about 35 cm, the flowers are large, about 50 mm in diameter.
Blue
These varieties of plants belong to blue petunias.
Sky blue
Annual plant height of about 30 cm. The diameter is 90 mm. The shrub has a compact shape and large flowers. Flowering continues from early summer to the first frost.
Marco Polo F1
Large-flowered hybrid plant, characterized by abundant flowering. Shrub is powerful, has well-branched shoots.
Grandiflora Aladdin
Annual hybrid plant with large buds, their diameter is from 12 to 15 cm. It grows up to 25-30 cm.
Blue
Blue petunias include such varieties of plants.
Explorer blue
Ampelnoe plant with a whip length of 80 to 100 cm. Flowering period - from March to October. The diameter of the buds from 50 to 75 mm. Petals with glossy wax structure.
Super cascade
Annual plant, has large flowers growing in a cascade. Duration of flowering - from July to the first frost.
Russian size
It has an unusual form of petals, foliage - rich green. The plant grows up to 20 cm in diameter - about 100 mm.
Whites
Among the representatives of petunias of white color, they distinguish such varieties.
F1 avalanche
A perennial plant that blooms from May to the first frost. Hanging shoots in length reach 45 cm. The shrubs are erect, the flowers are large (diameter from 70 to 100 mm).
F1 Explorer
Ampelnaya plant with a diameter of buds about 50-75 mm. Duration of flowering - from March to October.
F1 super stage
A hybrid plant with a stem length of up to 45 cm. The annual is characterized by a long flowering period - from June to October. The diameter of the buds is about 130 mm.
Yellow
Among the representatives of yellow petunias, the following deserve special attention.
Yellow star
The diameter of the buds is about 100 mm. The name of the variety was due to the unusual color - the edges are white, the middle is rich yellow.
The shrub branches well.
Giant yellow
The height of the shrub is up to 45 cm, the diameter of the buds is about 80-100 mm. Duration of flowering - from late April to early September.
Yellow F1
Plant height from 30 to 35 cm. The diameter of flowers is about 100 mm.
Black
Black Petunia is quite rare, since this type of plant has been bred relatively recently and there are problems with its reproduction. Nevertheless, several varieties of black petunias are already distinguished, which deserve the attention of gardeners.
Black cherry
The plant has velvety black flowers with a slight burgundy tint, the diameter of the buds is about 80 mm. The variety is characterized by the presence of a compact shrub that blooms profusely and is resistant to environmental influences. Duration of flowering - from early May to October.
Black velvet
A relatively young variety of petunia, first presented to the public in 2011. The color of the buds is black with a dark purple tint. Shrub branches, and reaches a height of 30-35 cm. Variety is among the early flowering, so the first buds can be observed in March.
Purple
The following varieties are related to the violet petunia variety.
Mini Cinderella F1
It has a branching shrub, on which a large number of flower stalks form. The form is compact spherical, reaching a height of 20 cm. The diameter of the buds is 40-50 mm.
Purple purple
A large plant with powerful shoots. Buds of corrugated type.
Royal Velvet
Large purple flowers, about 5 cm in diameter.
General rules of care
- When caring for petunia, you need to remember that large-flowered varieties absolutely do not tolerate dampness, partial shade, wind and heavy rain. Therefore, they are planted in a well-lit place, closed from drafts, during the rains, the flowers are covered with foil.
- Be sure to adjust the mode of watering, the frequency of water application - 2 times a day (at the root). To prevent moisture stagnation, drainage is being made in pots.
- Strictly it is forbidden to allow soil acidification or moisture stagnationbecause it provokes the instant death of the plant. In the presence of faded parts on the plant, they must be removed, it has a beneficial effect on the formation and growth of new inflorescences, and also improves the appearance of the flower.
- To shrub was branched, it pinch over 5 internodes, excessively long shoots - shortened.
- Regarding fertilizers, you can use absolutely any means except fresh manure. Acceptable and the complete lack of dressings.
Petunia is a plant characterized by the presence of a large number of colors, so each gardener is able to choose the variety that he likes.
