PETUNIA
( Named frompetun , theBrazilian name for baccy , to which Petunia is allied )
Everyonehas some room for Petunias because they are the most profuse unfolding of any yearbook . Few other annuals acquire so many of such orotund flowers . The colors have been improved to such an extent that there are now varieties to please us all . Recently nearly clean blues have been produced ; the deep , robust purpleness and violetsare superb ; the light pinks are niminy-piminy ; the whites are showy ; the stripy sorts are fantastic ; the jumbo two-bagger are marvels of the stock breeder ’s art ; the frilled kind are pop - but why continue further ) The Petunias are altogether satisfactory . Petunias as cultivated are hybrids between several specie , hence the namePetunia hybrida .
Uses
Note that the catalogs inclination trailing as well as bush sorts . The former are incomparable for thehanging basket , garden and window . The more compact varieties are unexcelled for beds by themselves , or as wideedgings for other planting . unconscionable depository financial institution which furnish a difficult mowing problem may be planted with Petunias .
The writer will never forget their manipulation in the “ Garden of the Heart , ” in Central Park , New York City . The rock wall rise on several sides of the garden and into the chinks of these stone Dr. Southwick had sown Petunia seminal fluid ; the result plants have continue to self - sow there class after year . The flowers are small and the colors not especially skillful , but as a whole , the impression is worthy of admiration .
GENERAL
Seeds of Petunias may be sown in asunny windowpane or hotbed in March , or in the receptive soil in May . The plant should always stand 9 inches asunder . As the seeds are very fine , great care is necessary in sowing and in refuse the temptation to allow more plants to grow than will get decent . Someone has said that the way to get the best single Petunias is to inseminate the best doubles because the semen of the latter do not produce all double flowers . The slowest and smallest seedling are more tending to be double than those that sprout quickly and grow apace . The bettersorts of Petunia seedswill often be more than the ordinary and inferior strains , but they are deserving the divergence .
petunia opt full sunlightbut will bloom in partial shade . They will thrive in rather ironic stain if this is well enriched , and also upon grunge either too rich or too piteous for most annual if the moisture conditions are right . Thus one may see that the Petunia is themost adaptable .
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