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redloon's Mexican petunias Care Instructions
Mexican petunia normally grows to a mature height of 90.0 cm (that's 2.93 feet imperial) so ensure you have enough space in your garden for this plant.
Try to apply water fairly sparingly.
Your garden's USDA Hardiness Zone (8b) is within the ideal range for Mexican petunia. The recommended range is between Zone 8 and 11.
Mexican petunia tends to grow best in a soil ph of between 6.1 and 9.0 meaning it does best in acidic to alkaline soil.
More information about Mexican petunias is available in the Folia gardener's wiki. All Mexican petunias Care Instructions have been kindly provided by our members.
Milestones
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28 Jan 2013
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28 Jul 2012
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28 Jul 2012
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15 Jun 2012
Flowering day 592 Belated Bloom Day
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25 May 2012
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11 May 2012
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02 Apr 2012
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28 Jan 2012
Dormant day 453 Today: Two flower beds expanded and e...
Expanded bed & added edging
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14 Dec 2011
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15 Nov 2011
Flowering day 379 Bloom Day: November
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15 Oct 2011
Flowering day 348 October Bloom Day
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15 Sep 2011
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15 Aug 2011
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11 Jun 2011
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28 May 2011
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08 May 2011
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01 May 2011
Growing day 181 New flowers: Pineapple guava, Asiatic...
With Carolina anole
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17 Apr 2011
Pruning day 167 Cleaned up: Side Trellis Garden
Removed last year’s stalks
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01 Nov 2010
Established day 0
Comments
nanamama wrote:
love the anole lizard! haha the flower is beautiful, I do not think I have seen them before – do they normally bloom one flower per stalk or will the stalk develop more blooms?
Posted on 29 May 11 (almost 2 years ago)
redloon wrote:
This is the first time I’ve grown Mexican petunias, but I admired them in local gardens last year. The flowers on my plants this year only seem to last a day before dropping, and I think that usually only 1-2 flowers are blooming on a stalk at a time, but people usually grow them densely in a flower bed so the combination of dozens of stalks all blooming is quite lovely. I have a denser patch of these in another spot in my back yard, so I’m hoping to get that effect there. They don’t get as much sun, so haven’t quite reached their flowering stage yet.
Posted on 29 May 11 (almost 2 years ago)
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