Petunia series "Tritunia": varieties and rules of care

Petunia is the most common and recognizable flower used to decorate city streets, flower beds, suburban areas, and even balconies and window sills. The plant owes such popularity to its unpretentiousness, beautiful appearance and a variety of colors.

"Tritunia" is the brightest representative of the petunia species. This is an unpretentious hybrid with medium-sized flowers. Branches quite strongly, forms a beautiful bush. There is a wide palette of colors: monochromatic, with a border, stripes or veins. The flowering period is all summer, until late autumn. The flower is resistant to weather changes, irregular watering.

There are several varieties of "Tritunia".

• For example, the large-flowered one is very beautiful "Tritunia grandiflora". It is characterized by large, interesting flowers, the stem can grow up to 50 cm. With proper care, it blooms for a long time, during the season it looks beautiful on a flower bed due to large flowers and uniform flowering. This variety offers interesting colors and even bud textures.

• "Tritunia Crimson Star" has an unusual two-tone color, flowering - early, in diameter is 8-11 cm. A similar appearance and Tritunia Red Star.

• Lovers of deep blue will love "Tritunium blue».

• The varieties in which the streaks are clearly visible on the "gramophones" look original: these are "Tritunia Salmon Wayne" a gentle lilac shade, and "Tritunia Plum" - dark pink buds.

• "Tritunia Burgundy" boasts large, velvety wine-colored buds.

• "Tritunia Sky" - a wonderful pale purple bud.

• There are also various mixed color formulas. Looks interesting variety "Tritunia Weined Mix".

If it is supposed to pre-germinate seeds in containers with soil, then it is better to start doing this from about February to the end of March. The earthen mixture should be moist and loose. It is also recommended to disinfect the soil with a solution of potassium permanganate. Before germination, you need to maintain the level of lighting and moisture.

Somewhere on the fifth or seventh day, the first shoots will already appear. And after the real leaves appear, they begin to dive. When the future petunias grow up enough, they are transplanted into special pots or directly into flower beds on the street.

Planting petunia seeds in a container can be a little problem. This is because the seeds are quite small and difficult to sow carefully. A clever way comes to the rescue - sow seeds in the snow. On the ground prepared in a pot, snow is laid out in an even layer. Seeds are placed on top. When the snow melts, they will penetrate the soil with the water. To facilitate the work of gardeners on sale you can find pelleted seeds, it is more comfortable to sow them.

Adequate watering and regular feeding (about once a week) will ensure long flowering. Preferred fertilizers: potassium monophosphate, potassium nitrate. Any varieties of petunias love abundant watering, but stagnant water at the roots leads to the death of plants.

Withered buds are usually removed to stimulate a fuller bloom. You can pinch the top of the plant and it will branch more strongly.

The varieties of "Tritunia", as a rule, have positive reviews from amateur gardeners. They are pleased with a wide selection of color palettes, and the opportunity to beautifully decorate a garden or house without much effort.

Even for a beginner grower, it will be easy to achieve an effect that is no different from the result of a master's work. Comments on the network reveal a huge number of possibilities for the decorative use of petunia bushes. Most of the reviews contain photographs of beautiful, healthy plants of various varieties.

Many gardeners point out that the beginning of flowering in almost all types of petunias is early, and they continue to give their beauty up to a constant minus temperature regime. When the weather conditions change - the rains stop and the dry period begins, active flowering stops, but then resumes with a vengeance, after the restoration of optimal weather.

Petunias "Tritunias" are a good, low-cost way to decorate a garden plot, city streets or just a window. This plant will help you create a variety of compositions that retain their beauty and shape for a long time. Ease of cultivation and easy maintenance give beginners the opportunity to join the art of floriculture.

Below you can familiarize yourself with the main stages of growing a plant.