Description and photo of typhoon silver petunia, as well as care for this plant

Petunia has gained special love and attention from gardeners over the past 100 years. And this is not unusual.

Its active flowering and a large selection of shades make it possible to decorate both the garden plot and the summer flower beds of expensive cafes or gardeners' balconies.

From the article you will learn about this variety of petunia in more detail, how it looks, what its varieties are in general, as well as how to care for and propagate it.

You can also watch a video about her care.

History of occurrence

This elegant bright flower arrived in Uruguay in 1793 in the form of a dried herbarium. One of the most popular gardeners of the time, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, called it Nicotinia axillaris (Nicotinia, synonymous with the word "nicotine").

Varieties and Features

Competent specialists share only two main varieties of petunias:

• Multiflora (Multiflora).
• Large flowered (Grandiflora).

Large-flowered petunia is distinguished by the presence of one (rarely two) large blooms with a diameter of 9 cm. They are very capricious to the composition of the soil, and also have difficulty surviving low-temperature conditions, therefore it is recommended to grow them strictly in hanging baskets. In addition, the fragile leaves of this culture are vulnerable to heavy rains, which means that they must be hidden under canopies or roofs.

Petunia Typhoon, has a voluminous, well-developed, rhizome, a large number of stems and small leaves. Their magnificent inflorescences usually grow no more than 5 cm in diameter and differ in different playful colors, ranging from pure white to bright scarlet or sand tones. Multiflowered petunia deservedly belongs to elegant jewelry, which will help to add notes of tenderness and originality to your mall, flower bed or, even, a greenhouse.

Silver

Probably, one of the most popular types of plants described above is Typhoon Silver - an incredibly bright breed that blooms throughout the summer season and forms an array of strong stems above 1.5 m in length. It is quickly updated after heavy rains, heavy wind and other damages, and its flowering in the conditions of proper care will last right up to the first frosts.

Petunia Typhoon has an impressive size, so it is also in demand among Russian amateur gardeners. It grows very quickly, forming a lush bush with a hundred or two flowers already 3 weeks after sowing seedlings. This plant is very resistant to aggressive external environment, and a voluminous root system will contribute to the flow of moisture from the lower layers of the soil.

Photo

Next, you can see a photo of this typhoon petunia:

Rules and advice on where and how to plant her

1. The soil for sowing petunias should not have a neutral level of acidity and alkalinity. They use loose, nutritious earth masses that are able to hold the right amount of water in themselves, but also not get wet at the same time, releasing excess fluid.

   In the shops, ready-made mixtures are sold that can be mixed independently, combining equal parts of high-quality peat, soddy soil, rotted humus and a little sand. Stir all the ingredients thoroughly, pass a couple of times through a large sieve, and then a smaller one.

2. At the bottom of the box or pot you need to pour crushed expanded clay (which will serve as drainage), on top of it - a large screening of the soil mixture, a small screening should fill the top layer, leaving about 6 cm to the edges. Sprinkle the seeds on moist soil, distributing them evenly and sprinkling them lightly with water.

   Seeds are not recommended to be covered with earth, as they need light to grow. To establish contact with the ground, you need to lightly press each grain to the soil.

3. If you are interested in how to grow petunia seedlings in simple ways, peat tablets, not containers, are suitable for you. They must be filled with warm water, and then cooled. Small petunia seeds must be carefully placed in small holes with tweezers.

   Seeds planted in boxes or in peat tablets must be covered with glass to provide oxygen access, while maintaining a high temperature (more than 24 degrees) and a moderate level of humidity.

4. Hybrids of a new generation are especially capricious for temperature and moisture: they do not grow at low temperatures, and at excessively high temperatures they become sensitive to pathogens and are drawn out.

   You can create a stable moisture level by spraying with water with the addition of potassium permanganate 2 times a day. In such circumstances, petunia sprouts on day 6. As soon as the first shoots appear, you immediately need to remove the glass. This should be done gradually, depriving seedlings without shelter for 7 minutes 1 time per day. Every 7 days, increase the intervals until the true leaves appear on the stems - then the shelter needs to be removed.

   Thanks to this technique, seedlings adapt to home conditions and become stronger. Seedlings of petunia, which has its own leaves, are transferred to a separate container (if initially the seeds were sown in peat tablets, the task is greatly simplified), for example, in plastic glasses.

   Advice! In separate containers, it will be easier for the plant to develop, it will grow more healthy, and it will be easier to move to the open ground.

Common Diseases and Pests

Spider mite

Mites of microscopic size are hidden most of the life from the field of view of the gardener. They are found only with the appearance of a cobweb and white spotted secretions. Colonies of these pests can quickly move from one flower to anotherinfecting everything in its path.

Signs:

• The appearance of colonies of parasites under the underside of the leaf and the formation of a cobweb.
• At one time, light spots form on the color surface, which gradually grow in size and a white sticky coating. As a result, the leaves dry and crumble.

Control measures: you need to spray the plants with tincture of medicinal dandelion, use acaricides (Neoron, Apollo, Demitan).

Thrips

These are small pests with an oblong body up to 1.5 mm in lengthgray or swamp color. They move in groups of several individuals and live on the inside and outside of the leaves.

Signs of infection:

• Infection with thrips on petunias is signaled by faded white stripes on the sheets.
• Blossoms and buds are deformed, and the plant begins to dry out.

Control measures: treat the flower with bio-insecticides, such as, for example, Spintor-240, apply Aktara, Confidor, etc. insecticides.

Aphid

Another inconspicuous but a dangerous enemy of flowers is aphids. The danger to petunias is represented by several hundred species of aphids, and each of them has to be fought “to the last drop of blood”.

Signs of infection:

• Parts of flowers affected by aphids are covered with drops of sweet dew.
• Over time, a sooty fungus is added to the affected areas, and the infected leaves contract and twist.

Control measures: resort to the help of the natural enemies of aphids: ladybugs, lacewings, fly-beetles.

Propagation Features

There are three ways to grow petunia:

1. With seedlings. Having bought ready-made seedlings, a gardener can easily plant it in suitable soil and wait for seedlings. This is the easiest way that does not require a high level of skill and dexterity. As a rule, not many amateur gardeners can afford to purchase the necessary amount of seedlings.
2. Through the seeds. Growing petunia from seeds is an extremely difficult task even for an experienced gardener, not to mention amateur novices. The high price is only one of their drawbacks, which is replenished by the fact that half of the planted seeds can simply die.
3. Cuttings. Among gardeners, the propagation of petunias using cuttings is the most popular and easily accessible method of growing shrubs that blooms for a long time. It is economical, fairly simple and at the same time affordable for even the most inexperienced plant lovers. Cuttings are the cultivation of a plant with the help of cuttings, that is, a process from an already bloomed plant. With the correct cut of the cuttings and with proper care of the shoot, the chance to grow a beautiful flower is very high.

Conclusion

Top dressing should be administered after two weeks after planting. At first, only spraying with fertilizers is used every 2 days, alternating mixtures of growth stimulants and complexes of mineral-vitamin fertilizers containing nitrogen. In the future, you can add top dressing for the root system.

Some little things that will help to grow a beautiful plant:

• petunia seedlings need light almost around the clock, even at night;
• the appearance of a crust on the ground should not be allowed;
• as the root system grows, you need to transplant the petunia;
• add the soil mixture if the sprouts are too stretched;
• For the cultivation of special and expensive species, use peat tablets.

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