Petunia 'Purple Orchid Vein'
Patunia Purple Orchid Vien
The Petunia flower can come in many different colours including red, white, yellow, blue and fuchsia, they can also be dual coloured or spotted. A most useful tender bedding plant, commonly sold in garden centers as pot and plug plants. You can sow at home but it needs to be started in heat in late winter. There are bush varieties ideal for pots and trailing varieties such as Surfinia and Million Bells which make great basket plants - a well fed Surfinia can cascade over 1 meter. The flowers go over discreetly, although they can be spoilt by heavy rain - pick off faded flowers if they are unsightly. Plant out after all danger of frost is past - late spring in the south to mid-summer in Scotland.
Contributed by @mrunderhill
-
Full sun
-
Very little water
-
Not Frost hardy
-
Moist and fertile
Common name
Patunia Purple Orchid Vien
Latin name
Petunia 'Purple Orchid Vein'
type
Annual
family
Solanaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
-
Light
Full sun
-
Frost
Not Frost hardy
-
Soil
Moist and fertile
-
Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
-
Best time to plant
-
When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.90 M
0.50 M
Petunia 'Purple Orchid Vein'
The Petunia flower can come in many different colours including red, white, yellow, blue and fuchsia, they can also be dual coloured or spotted. A most useful tender bedding plant, commonly sold in garden centers as pot and plug plants. You can sow at home but it needs to be started in heat in late winter. There are bush varieties ideal for pots and trailing varieties such as Surfinia and Million Bells which make great basket plants - a well fed Surfinia can cascade over 1 meter. The flowers go over discreetly, although they can be spoilt by heavy rain - pick off faded flowers if they are unsightly. Plant out after all danger of frost is past - late spring in the south to mid-summer in Scotland.
Planting Petunias
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
If you are growing Petunias from seed it is best to start them inside before planting them outside in the spring. Make sure you leave enough room between plants.
Flowering in Summer
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
The petunia will bloom in the summer, producing plenty of flowers over this period.
Propagation by seed
From Late Winter TO Early Spring
Sow seed under glass in potting compost in early spring.
mrunderhill