Petunia Tumbelina Anna

The Petunia 'Tumbelina Anna' is a recent variety with double and beautifully bicoloured flowers, in pink and white, which also has good tolerance to bad weather and a very pleasant fragrance. The dense and semi-trailing habit and the endless flowering of this generous annual plant will work wonders in flower pots and hanging baskets. Each fringed petal is regularly bordered in white on a background of striking pink. A petunia that makes a big impact!

Hybrid petunias all come from several plants native to the warm regions of South America. The chance discovery of trailing petunias occurred in 1989 when a scientist noticed a particularly vigorous wild petunia covered in bright flowers on the edge of a field: the Petunia inflata. Crossed with others, this species gave rise to trailing petunias, which were given the marketing name Surfinias. The semi-trailing 'Tumbelina Anna' petunia belongs to the solanaceae family and is closely related to ornamental tobacco, for example, its foliage also contains alkaloids. This plant rapidly forms a dense dome-shaped clump, slightly spreading, wider than tall, 30 cm (12in) in height and 50 cm (20in) in diameter. It produces hundreds of flowers from June until the first night frosts, provided it is regularly supplied with fertilizer. Its flowers are large, unique, shiny and gently scented. The foliage, quite pubescent, has entire margins and a dark green colour.

No other flowering annual plant has undergone such extensive selection work by breeders for over a century. The results are impressive, as petunias rival geraniums in the splendor and length of their flowering, as demonstrated by this variety. Plant it in large pots or hanging baskets, above walls, wherever its flower-covered stems can cascade down. 5 identical or mixed colour plants are enough to fill a large flower box. You can also plant them in beds, in large swathes, to punctuate gray foliage borders like cerastiums or artemisias, or to cover the base of roses.

Note: Attention, our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being installed outdoors once the risk of frost is definitively eliminated.