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Piccola Blue Ice Petunia

Petunia 'Piccola Blue Ice'

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Piccola Blue Ice Petunia (Petunia 'Piccola Blue Ice') at Satellite Garden Centre

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia in bloom

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia in bloom

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Piccola Blue Ice Petunia (Petunia 'Piccola Blue Ice') at Satellite Garden Centre

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia flowers

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia flowers

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Height:  18 inches

Spacing:  8 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  (annual)

Group/Class:  Potunia Piccola Series

Ornamental Features

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia is covered in stunning white trumpet-shaped flowers with blue veins at the ends of the stems from mid spring to late summer. Its pointy leaves remain green in colour throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia is a dense herbaceous annual with a more or less rounded form. 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 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.

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting
  • Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 8 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.

Piccola Blue Ice Petunia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Edging  Garden  Container  Basket 
Applications
Flowers  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features