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A
generation or two ago, before breeders "improved" petunias, and long before
specialized bedding-plant growers and their mass-produced wares were available
for a mass market, gardeners cultivated self-sowing petunias. That
is, they grew plants that bloomed, set seed, and returned the following
season as true-to-type seedlings. This is the same petunia your grandmother
had in her own garden. Its very fragrant blooms (white to lavender)
are borne on stems that can grow to two feet. You will not find this
species at the big-box stores. If you can grow tomatoes, you can
grow this plant (they are both from South America and members of the same
botanical Family). Grows in full sun. Looks best if given a
deep watering every week during a dry summer.
(Feed with 1 Agriform
21-gram,
2-year fertilizer tablet at the bottom of the hole at planting time.) |