1. BOTANICAL NAME
PETUNIA HYBRIDA

2. PRONUNCIATION
pe – TOO – nee - ah

3. COMMON NAME
Petunia

4. FAMILY
Solanaceae

5. Life Cycle
Annual
Bedding Plant

6. Growth Habit
Shrub-like
Height 12” – 16”
Width 12” – 18”
Spreading

8. ARRANGEMENT
Alternate

9. COMPOSITION
Simple

10. MARGIN
Entire

11. VEINS
Pinnate

13. LEAF
Elliptical
Length 1 ½” to 2”
Width 1” – 1 ½”

14. FLOWER
Summer
Double and Single
All Colors

16. FRUIT
Insignificant

17. EXPOSURE
Sun

18. GROWTH
Rapid

19. USE
Bedding plant
Planters
Baskets

21. DESCRIPTION
Leaves tend to be sticky

22. DESCRIPTION This plant is grown often for cooler times in NC
Pain in the butt to dead head

23. CULTURAL PRACTICES
Propagated by seed

24. PROBLEMS

26. NATIVE OF:
Argentina