Thanks, @Fire, must admit I was pretty amazed at how they turned out! They face SE, and get sun for most of the day, just not late afternoon onwards... I'll try them out in a vase, they are such a gorgeous deep red, not at all orangey...
Grown these from seed for the first time this year, they are starting to look really nice, will have to scour the thread for tips on getting seeds or cuttings!
I’ll try to take some pictures tomorrow but, getting my excuses in early, the hay basket on the south facing brick wall was growing beautifully until it got battered by the storm … and flopped. I propped it up and it was just regaining a bit of stature when I forgot to water it. It collapsed and shrivelled. After a night in ICU it is a little better but it’s certainly no show stopper.
Mine are creeping along. I might a show stopper sometime in January.
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I'm just being impatient, as mine went up so late. We had freezing weather right to the end of May and then torrential rains across June, so I held off planting them outside in baskets. It will be interesting to see if my late baskets go on longer than others on the forum that went out earlier. My petunias started to go over pretty early before now - perhaps responding to falling light levels, rather than heat...
Mine have just started to fill out the pot. No flowers yet. If it's not going to survive winter then not worth it really.
@newbie77 If you have access to a greenhouse, polytunnel or porch at the end of the season stick your pot in there to protect it over winter and it should survive, It will look dead for most of the winter, give it minimal water so the roots don't die and they should spring back into growth at the later part of spring 2022. Then you can take cuttings and you have a supply for the new summer season.
I've managed this for a couple of years keeping them in my greenhouse to get cuttings . I've collected seed for 4 years ,but am starting to notice plants grown from seed taken from 4 year old plants reverting back to type. i.e the flowers are going a paler pink to almost white. Those takin from cuttings remain true to form.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Haven't grown so many this year. Here's a pic of some cuttings I took this year from last years plant. I've put them in a wide planter as you can see below. they have had one trim back already this season. I've found if you don't do this they get leggy.
As has been suggested earlier in the thread in a hanging basket they tend to want to grow upwards so I've gone for this wide basket and a mid season chop.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
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@newbie77 If you have access to a greenhouse, polytunnel or porch at the end of the season stick your pot in there to protect it over winter and it should survive, It will look dead for most of the winter, give it minimal water so the roots don't die and they should spring back into growth at the later part of spring 2022. Then you can take cuttings and you have a supply for the new summer season.
I've managed this for a couple of years keeping them in my greenhouse to get cuttings . I've collected seed for 4 years ,but am starting to notice plants grown from seed taken from 4 year old plants reverting back to type. i.e the flowers are going a paler pink to almost white. Those takin from cuttings remain true to form.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
As has been suggested earlier in the thread in a hanging basket they tend to want to grow upwards so I've gone for this wide basket and a mid season chop.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
Your basket is looking amazing!