Petunia Designer Rose Star

Petunia Designer Rose Star is part of an innovative family of hybrids, a series of cultivars characterised by their flowers marked with unique patterns, drawing hearts around a 5-branched star on the edges of the petals. The plant forms a rounded clump adorned with remarkably contrasting, funnel-shaped flowers with a heart design in a very bright pink against a pure white background. The plants bloom until October. This original annual brings brilliance to flower beds, pots and hanging baskets. It is easy to grow in sunny, fertile, light, and moist soil.

Hybrid petunias are all derived from several plants native to the warm regions of South America. Petunia 'Designer Rose Star' belongs to the solanaceae family, it is closely related to ornamental tobacco, and its foliage also contains alkaloids. This variety quickly forms a round and dense, neat clump, about 35 cm (14in) high and 35-45 cm (14-18in) in diameter. The plant flowers from May to October, provided it is well-watered and regularly fed. Its medium-sized, cup-shaped flowers are two-toned, fuchsia pink and pure white and tightly packed together on vigorous and healthy, dense foliage. The hairy, dark green leaves have entire edges.

No other annual flowering plant has been subjected to such intense selection by breeders for such a long period. The results are impressive and petunias rival geraniums in splendour and length of flowering, as demonstrated by this variety 'Designer Rose Star'. plant it in large pots or hanging baskets for a stunning result. It will create a perfect contrast with the black-flowered petunia Black Ray, or a very elegant ensemble with a white or red petunia. You can also plant it in a bed, to punctuate borders of plants with grey foliage such as ceraistes, cineraria maritima, or artemisias. If you want it to stand out, place several plants to create an original ground cover at the base of plants with grey foliage such as faassen's catmint or annual poppies.

Note: Attention, our plug plants are products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, repot and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, frame...) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before planting them outside once all risk of frost has passed.