Petunia

Petunia

Beauty, Calming

Petunia is a sun loving annual in cooler regions and perennial in warm regions that blooms from spring into fall. The trumpet shaped flowers can be found in pink, blue, purple, red, white and yellow.  Petunias are deer resistant and heat tolerant, like full sun and is not very particular about soil. Petunias originated in South America.

Petunias typically grow to a height of 6 inches to 18 inches (15 to 45 cm), with a spread of up to 3 feet (90 cm).  The leaves are soft, slightly sticky, and oval to lance-shaped. They are light to medium green. The flowers typically measure 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) across. Petunias can have a mounding, trailing or spreading growth habit.

These are flowers that are for those people who enjoy the beauty in life, and bloom beautiful in their lives without much fuss or drama. The primary message of this plant is "live and let live." Things don't have to be complicated to be fulfilling.

For those who are experiencing more excitement or people who act in an excitable manner about routine life events, petunias can be the choice for your garden or as a gift for theirs.  While being a showy ornamental flower, petunia can also bring about a calming effect due to its very common and ordinary everyday use. Petunia shows us we can have stunning, amazing beauty and color in our lives without the need to broadcast all about it to others.  We can be satisfied with all good things, and be a bit colorful and flashy, without "trumpeting" the good things loudly to all.