You’ll love Amore Queen of Hearts
If you like petunias, you’ll love Mr Fothergill’s trailing petunias in the Seedsman’s Spring Planting Flowers, Fruit and Vegetable catalogue. The three new varieties were chosen not only for their unique colour combinations and length of flowering but also for their remarkable ability to continue flowering unscathed even during spells of heavy rain.
Perfect for hanging baskets, Amore Queen of Hearts has masses of bicoloured blooms of yellow and rosy red. Read more about petunia varieties in my post on Super Petunias.
Mr Fothergill’s trailing petunias create a buzz
East Anglian-bred Designer Buzz Purple has large, bright flowers with a contrasting lime green edge and a darker centre, while Designer Ink Splash has large violet heads, each with a soft, central white star and contrasting white picotée.
Looking after Mr Fothergill’s trailing petunias
- Petunias like to be out of the wind in the full sun.
- Keep the soil moist, water every day on sunny days, and ensure drainage in pots and hanging baskets so that the roots don’t get too wet.
- Be sparing with plant food: it particularly encourages the production of leaves and not necessarily of flowers.
- Cut off wilted flowers, stem and all.
- If the petunia is past its peak, prune it back, and the flowers will return.
Read more on growing petunias. For prices, delivery times in spring and more information, visit www.mr-fothergills.co.uk.
