This flower is popular all over the world, beautiful and easy to grow, with gorgeous flower colors, blooming for more than half the year, well worth growing

Introduction

Green plants and potted flowers are essential touches for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and pleases the mood. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1301" introduces you to a flower that is popular all over the world.

Today's star

Summer has passed, and the clear, crisp days of autumn are the best time to grow flowers. The flower introduced today is called the double-flowered petunia (Petunia). It originates from Argentina in South America. Because of its outstanding performance, it is now widely cultivated around the world, especially in Western Europe, where it has become one of the must-have potted flowers for households and is very popular.

Double-flowered petunia

The double-flowered petunia is an improved variety of petunia, named for its double flowers. Its flowers are spherical, with colors including white, purple or various reds, as well as edged bicolors. They are very beautiful and carry a faint fragrance. Used to accent balconies, courtyards, flower beds and more, the effect is excellent.

Extremely long flowering period

The double-flowered petunia blooms very readily. Grown as a home potted plant (not in an open-air environment), it can start blooming in March in spring and continue into autumn, flowering for more than half the year at a stretch. As one flower fades, many new buds open, and the flower quantity is also large, making it very easy to fill the pot. It can truly be called a blooming machine.

Easy to cultivate

The double-flowered petunia is very robust, extremely heat-tolerant, unafraid of high temperatures and summer heat, and also has a certain cold tolerance, making it very simple to grow. It is generally propagated by stem cuttings and sowing, with spring and autumn being best. It likes loose, well-drained, nutrient-rich soil. Place it in a spot with ample light. From sowing to blooming takes only about 60 days.

An excellent potted choice

The double-flowered petunia is an upright herbaceous plant. During growth, pinching the tips multiple times encourages side branches to sprout, and adding some phosphorus fertilizer will promote more blooms and a more beautiful plant shape. It is a perennial plant: grow it once and enjoy its flowers year after year. Mixed planting of multiple colors gives an even better ornamental effect, making it a rare excellent potted choice.