Petunias have never done much for me. If you had told me that one day, I’d fork over more than $50 for a single petunia plant, my eyes would have rolled out of my head. But this plant was special.

The modern petunias we grow today, in all of their amazing diversity, are derived from crossing together two species native to South America: Petunia integrifolia (small violet flowers) with Petunia ...

A researcher in Switzerland has bred a new line of petunia that produces significantly more seeds and less nectar than normal petunia. The downside of these positive changes is that pollinators spend ...

Petunias originated in Argentina and the surrounding region. They get their name from a word the French borrowed – ‘petun’– meaning tobacco. The common garden Petunia, Petunia x hybrida is a result of ...

Petunias come in many different varieties, which makes them popular bedding plants that appear in gardens and terraces during May and June. This variation is found not only in the petunias available ...

So say gardeners across the globe, begging for this outrageously popular annual that satisfies any appetite for a mass of color that lasts longer than Aunt Betty's fruitcake. Problem is, petunias are ...

Garden petunias, Petunia hybrida, are possibly the world's favourite bedding plants. The genome sequences of the wild relatives, Petunia axillaris and Petunia inflata, whose hybridization created ...

‘Petunias are the world’s most beautiful flower’. If floral beauty is judged by popularity then petunias would surely wear the crown. When I look around the yards and streets of Canadian cities, ...

If floral beauty is judged by popularity then petunias would surely wear the crown. When I look around the yards and streets of Canadian cities, petunias dominate. Today, they are grown in everything ...