General Information

  • Category- Flower
  • Binomial Name- Petunia atkinsiana
  • Common Names- Petunia
  • Spread- 24 inches**
  • Height- 12 inches**
  • Average Production- 20-50 flowers per plant
  • Days to Maturity- 75-90 days*

Environmental Requirements

  • Soil-  Well-drained soils, Light sandy
  • Soil moisture- 15%
  • Soil pH- 6.5-7.0
  • Sun Requirements- Full Sun/Partial shade
  • Best Time to Plant- Winter (September-October)
  • Temperature range- 12-30 Celsius

Tips to Grow Petunia

  1. Arrange good quality seeds/nursery plants.
  2. The soil should be evenly moist, but not wet or soggy and well drained.
  3. You can grow petunias from seeds, but it is easier to grow them from transplants. Sow the seeds into the soil, after 7-10 days seeds get sprout. Now transplant your seedlings.
  4. We can add compost for better growth.
  5. Depending on the type of petunia you’ll need to do some deadheading and some pinching to encourage new growths and flowering side shoots. This will encourage more flowers.  When they reach about six inches tall, pinch them back so that you encourage the rapid formation of their flowering side shoots.
  6. Trim the plant by a third if it becomes too scraggly and isn’t blooming well to encourage new growth and vigor.

** The values are standard values but might change a bit.

*To get flowers quickly, the users can buy plants from nursery.

Flowers