What is vegetative petunia and how does it multiply? Photos of plant varieties and tips on planting and care

Petunias have long been the favorites of both professional flower growers and beginners. All this is due to the huge selection of species, varieties and colors and the possibility of choosing the conditions of plant maintenance. They are unpretentious and very easy to care for, so they are often used to decorate balconies, gardens and window sills.

You've definitely heard of vegetative petunias. What is it? How is it different from others? And why should you choose her? You will find answers to these questions in our article.

What it is?

Vegetative petunia is a plant that propagates exclusively by cuttings. They are grown in Germany and Holland. The plant has a small root system.

Varieties: description and photo

Surfinia

After rain, their decorative effect is preserved, has a more magnificent flowering. Surfinia is the most resistant to diseases and pests unlike other petunias.

How to care:

• Choose a bright and well-warmed place.
• Before planting, the soil must be drained.
• Water regularly; water should not stagnate, but also prevent drying out.
• For branching, you can pinch the top of the flower.
• Feeding every week.

We offer you to learn a lot about Surfinia petunia in this article.

Watch a video about the features of growing Surfinia petunia:

Frillitunia

They have larger flowers than other petunias, form dense bushes with large and bright, but simple greens. Flilitunia has very strong shoots.

Care Features:

• Stable humidity.
• Avoid moisture and moisture.
• Moderate watering, control the degree of drying out, water after the topsoil has dried.
• Frequent top dressing - fertilizers with potassium every 10 days, start top dressing a week after planting.
• Remove wilted inflorescences manually.
• It does not require pinching.
• You can trim if you wish.

Watch a video about the features of growing Flitunia petunia:

Cardinal

Saturated purple flowers, corrugated edgesblooms early and to the very frosts. Powerful growth, abundant flowering, resistant to adverse conditions.

Papaya

Very abundant flowering, beyond which the leaves are not visible, forms a hat of numerous orange flowers, blooms from summer to late autumn.

Cascadis Rome

Unpretentious, dense foliage, has abundant flowering. Petunia Cascadis Rome resembles a dense spherical bush.

Features

• Vegetative plants retain all the characteristics of the original plant, in all repeating their qualities.
• Such plants bloom much earlier than others, shorten the period of development of the plant, shorten the period of entry into flowering.
• Breeders are constantly increasing the variety of colors and the number and shape of flowers, change the silhouette and shape of plants, increase resistance to disease.
• These plants can be overexposed as home.

Care: planting and reproduction

Basic Rules

1. Lighting - vegetation blooms well and plentifully both in the sun and in shaded places.
2. Temperature - in winter 10-18^aboutC, in the summer of 25-30^aboutC. The necessary temperature for flowering is not lower than 19^aboutFROM.
3. Watering - moderate for winter and more plentiful in summer. In summer, on hot days, water in the morning and evening. Evening watering can be replaced by spraying. Prevent stagnation of water - this will adversely affect the plants.
4. Top dressing - Carry out regularly starting from the second week after planting, then with an interval of 7-10 days:
   • To accelerate growth - nitrogen-containing fertilizers;
   • For buds - with phosphorus and potassium;
   • For the general development of plants and the prevention of diseases - fertilizers with iron.

Pot growing

1. Choice of capacity - give preference to spacious containers.
2. Timely landing - it is better to land everything in March.
3. Choosing a place - the landing site should be well-lit and open, avoid windy areas.
4. Timely dressing:
   • seedlings - nitrogen-containing fertilizers;
   • for abundant flowering - a brown or pink crystal;
   • for the prevention of diseases - with a solution of boron or potassium preparations.
5. Sufficient watering - carry out watering in the morning or in the evening.TIP: Water should be settled at a temperature of 3 degrees above room temperature, watered every day, to prevent stagnation of water.

Bloom

1. Use light, drained soil, a sunny place and plenty of watering.
2. During irrigation in hard water, in addition to fertilizers, you need to add fertilizer containing iron. This will help to avoid chlorosis.
3. Regularly remove faded, dried flowers and shoots - this contributes to the formation of new buds.

How to save in the winter?

Keeping the plant in winter is very difficult. There are two ways to save petunias for the winter:

• In the form of uterine plants - You can save the bushes if you transfer them to a bright, frost-free room. It should be light, moist, temperature 10-15^aboutFROM.
  1. Bring pots with plants to the room before frost.
  2. Trim dry and damaged leaves, rotten branches.
  3. The main conditions for winter care: watering 2-3 times a month, do not feed, high humidity, good lighting, temperature 10-15^aboutFROM.

• In the form of cuttings - this content requires high humidity and low temperatures. Carry out the cuttings procedure:

  1. Cut the cuttings 5-10 cm.
  2. Remove all leaves so that the stem is bare 1-3 cm long. There should be one pair of internodes. At the top of the handle should remain 2-3 leaves.
  3. Cuttings to plant in loose soil. Deepen the bare part of the stem into the ground, cover the container with a film.
  4. After 10-14 days, the stalk will take root and you need to remove the film, to grow the cuttings.
  5. After rooting, put in a bright and cool place.
  6. The conditions for keeping cuttings in winter: watering after drying the top layer of the soil, spraying, do not feed, high humidity.

Winter Conservation Benefits:

• earlier flowering;
• ease of obtaining seedlings;
• preservation of vegetative varieties until spring.

Possible difficulties

Diseases and Pests

1. Blackleg - the stem darkens, becomes soft. The reason is a dense landing, high humidity, soil with an acid reaction. It is impossible to cure.
2. Gray rot - brown spots on leaves and twigs. It is formed due to high humidity of air or soil.
3. Brown spotting - brown spots on leaves and stems. The reason is high humidity of air and soil. Do not allow stagnation of water, treat with preparations with copper in the composition.
4. Powdery mildew - white coating on the plant. Due to excess moisture and a sharp violation of the temperature regime. It is necessary to remove the damaged areas of the flower.
5. Whiteflies - small white insects. From it the leaves of the plant turn yellow and fade. Use Condor and Actelit.
6. Aphid - gray and green insects hiding on the back of the leaf. From them, the leaves are deformed and curled. Use Actaru, Decis.
7. Spider mite - manifested by a thin cobweb on the plant. We get rid of chemicals.