Trailing Petunia Balcony Mix Seeds - Petunia x hybrida pendula

This mix of trailing petunias also known as Petunia x hybrida pendula Balcony Mix, features simple, abundant, funnel-shaped flowers in shades of white, red, pink and lilac, from June to the first frosts. Their growth habit is slightly cascading. This old and somewhat out of fashion variety is easy to grow and was a star in the last century because of its deliciously fragrant flowers with much old-world charm. These annuals are perfect for adding colour and fragrance to window-boxes, pots and hanging baskets.

Hybrid petunias are all derived from several plants originating from the warmer regions of South America. Older varieties were bred from white-flowered Petunia axillaris and purple-flowered Petunia integrifolia, Today, hybrids of all colours except orange, can be found. Petunia x hybrida pendula Balcony Mix belongs to the Solanaceae family and is close to ornamental tobacco for example. Its foliage also contains alkaloids. The plants from this variety form in record time, loose clumps with a slightly cascading growth habit, that reach 35 cm in height and 30 cm in diameter. The plant is in bloom from June to the first frosts, provided that the wilted flowers are regularly removed and that fertilizer is regularly applied. Its cupped flowers are pleasantly scented, medium-sized (3 to 5 cm in diameter) and come in a range of white to red shades, including lilac. The little centre of the corolla is black. The vigorous and healthy foliage is dark green, fairly pubescent and features entire margins.

No other flowering annual has been the subject of such advanced selection by plant breeders and for such a long period of time. The results, such as demonstrated by the Balcony Mix variety, are impressive since the splendour of their blooms and length of their flowering period rival those of pelargoniums. Plant them in large pots or in hanging baskets. You can also plant them in flowerbeds, using them to punctuate borders with plants featuring grey foliage, such as mouse-ears, silver ragwort or sagebrush.

Warning: seeds are best meant for very experienced gardeners who are used to sowing very fine seeds. These seeds are as fine as dust and are hardly visible to the naked eye.