Delightful delicate creatures – petunias! As if the goddess Flora herself turned the drops of morning dew into these flowers of extraordinary beauty. The use of petunia in the landscape design of your site will certainly be successful, given some of the nuances. And the proposed 50 ideas will certainly inspire!
Landscape designers and gardeners are very fond of petunia for its juicy colorful flowers, unpretentiousness and long flowering period. You can decorate almost anything with these plants:
- flower beds,
- gazebos,
- arches,
- terraces,
- balconies and loggias.
And what original and vivid compositions are created using petunias alone!
Petunia in flower arrangement
Petunia arches
In landscape design, not all varieties of petunias are used for landscaping parks and large garden plots. In total, there are three groups of varietal series, differing in the size of the inflorescences:
- Multiflora and floribunda – multicolored varieties of petunias with flowers 6–7 cm. This group of plants withstands natural disasters and quickly recovers after prolonged rains for 2–3 days. Varieties of this group are planted on flower beds, borders and mixborders.
Petunia floribunda
Petunia floribunda
- Milliflora is a group of petunias with miniature flowers about 4 cm in diameter. Babies just as bravely tolerate wet precipitation, as well as representatives of the first group, and are also used for plantings in open ground.
Petunia milliflora
- Grandiflora – has giant inflorescences, reaching 10-15 cm! These varieties are very hard on rain, which damages their large, delicate petals. Petunias of this group look great in hanging pots or flower containers, only you need to monitor the weather and transfer them in time to a place protected from rain and wind, for example, on a closed terrace or veranda.
Petunia grandiflora
The so-called cascading and ampelous varieties of petunias are planted in flower pots and flowerpots, which, thanks to their long stems, fall down in an airy flower cloud.
Bush petunias get along well with other plants and therefore they are often planted in mixborders, in flower beds and borders.
Petunia in a mixborder
Petunia is unusually good on narrow ridges and curbs along the paths.
Vases or flower pots with this amazing plant can be placed at the entrance to the house or placed in the center of the flower bed. City streets, parks and squares are also supportive of these bright little colors.
Hanging pots with petunias will decorate any building facade, pergolas or walls of gazebos and terraces.
Recently, it has become fashionable to erect vertical flower beds, which include flower towers. Multiflora petunias and floribundas are perfect for these purposes.
And one cannot fail to mention the decoration of various objects with petunias, sometimes the most unexpected ones. Plates, beds, pipes, bicycles, basins, barrels, jugs and cars. There are no restrictions at all, rely only on your imagination!
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As you can see, the use of petunia is so extensive that all that remains is to choose the appropriate method and create your own flower arrangement. Agree that this is not an easy task!
