PETUNIA Dwarf Red

Species: Petunia
Latin name: Petunia Juss.
Other usual name: -
Variety: Red Compact dwarf
Family: Solanaceous
Origin: South America, Brazil

The Petunia: Simple variety with flowers in the shape of a trumpet. Hardy perennial but cultivated liken an annual in our areas, the flowers open from june until September. The Petunias are magnific flowers to decorate balconies and the borders of your garden. Cut the faded flowers progressively to prolong flowering.

Seed sowing: April to May
Flowering of the Petunia: June to September
Height: The Petunia reaches on average 40 to 50 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Seed sowing from April to May in a flat container, seed have to be sown on surface and covered with a clear glass, maintain them at a temperature of 20 to 24°C, transplant as soon as the plants are easy to handle in individual pots, keep in pots at a température of 10 to 15 °C until you can transplant them in place. You can start the transplants in open ground or balcony outside strarting the middle of May.

Sowing distance: 15 by 20 cm
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 20 to 24°C

Net weight of seeds: 1 gr. = +/- 9000 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.