Cascadias™ Blue Omri Petunia
Petunia 'Cascadias Blue Omri'
Height: 12 inches
Spacing: 16 inches
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: (annual)
Group/Class: Cascadias Series
Brand: Danziger
Description:
A beautiful semi-trailing series that features large, early blooming trumpeted flowers on green foliage; performs wonderfully in containers, hanging baskets, borders and garden beds; a sun loving variety that is heat tolerant; deadhead to encourage blooms
Ornamental Features
Cascadias™ Blue Omri Petunia is draped in stunning royal blue trumpet-shaped flowers with white throats at the ends of the stems from mid spring to late summer. Its tomentose pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.
Landscape Attributes
Cascadias™ Blue Omri Petunia is a dense herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Cascadias™ Blue Omri Petunia is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Cascadias™ Blue Omri Petunia will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 16 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.
This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Cascadias™ Blue Omri Petunia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. Because of its trailing habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.