Petunias are a favorite it gardens all over the country. Before you spend a lot of money on bedding plants, refresh your memory and learn how to keep those colorful annuals blooming throughout the growing season.
Once you know the problems and how to prevent them, visit your local garden center and choose your plants. Selecting from all of the colors and varieties available may just be the biggest problem you face this spring and summer. That gives you more time to relax and just enjoy your flower garden.

Isn't that really the whole point?

Gardening Tips for Petunia Problems

Jul 7, 2010 Patrice Campbell

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The popular garden petunia is easy to grow, but not completely immune to fatal problems.

Petunias grow in gardens all across the United States. They are popular because they are easy to grow in sunny areas and container gardens, but they are not immune to disease and fatal cultural problems.

A hardy and versatile garden plant, the petunia is used not only as a bedding plant, but the annual adds immediate splashes of color in hanging baskets and containers. The trumpet-shaped blooms are available in a wide variety of solid hues. Striped petunias and flowers with blotches are also available.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Perennial Container Gardening

When you look at your winter container garden, do you dream of the plants you will be putting in once the spring temperatures bring warmth to the soil? If you do, you may be working too hard to maintain a beautiful container garden.

Many perennials can live for years in a container garden. Once you've found the perfect arrangement of these plants for each container, you can devote your gardening budget to other garden areas, knowing the containers will thrive with a minimum of care.

Gardeners worry about the root system of the container surviving the harsh temperatures of winter because they don't have the insulation perennials planted in the soil do. If the plant can grow in a USDA Hardiness Zone that is two zones colder than your area, they can not only survive but can thrive. Read More…..