| Description | Petunia Headliner Night Sky and Pink Night Sky have flowers speckled with white spots or blotches. |
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| Pronunciation | (peh-TEWN-ya) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, at least one half day of sunlight |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Growing Media | average |
| Temperature | Acclimated plants are very tolerant of cooler to cold temperatures in the spring. In zone #5 they do best in the early spring to early summer (May-June), have a tendency to slow down in the hot drier months and than come on strong in the cool fall (mid-September-October). With a little protection I have had Petunia's in bloom on Turkey Day. Hardened Petunias can be plant in early May (zone #5 |
| Flowers | funnel shaped, pink and red covered with white spots or blotched, flowers look like they have been colored with a a flick of paint brush loaded with white paint, for me the cooler the weather the greater the amount of white and transversely in hotter weather flowers were more solid |
| Leaves | alternate and covered with a viscid pubescence, making them sticky when pinched |
| Dimensions | 10-16 by 20-30 inches, compact mounding |
| Maintenance | Container plants may need to be pruned to keep the plants compact. Deadheading will promote longer bloom time in both bedded and container grown plants. Plants in the garden may need cutting back in the hotter times of the year. |
| Propagation | rooted cuttings |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Petunia Headliner Night Sky, Petunia Headliner Pink Sky |
| Author's Notes | You never knew what the coloration of the flowers would be from day to day. Weather was a big factor. Seemed to be compact as the growers touted, it needed very little pruning . |
| Notes & Reference | #28-Cottage Garden Annuals (Clive Lane) , #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) , #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage |
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