How to Use petunia in a Sentence

petunia

noun
Definition of petunianext
  • If your petunias are in the shade, that might be your problem for the lack of blooming.
    — oregonlive.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Don't expect to add cannabis next to the petunias in your garden.
    — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Night sky petunias can grow up to 16 inches, and bloom during the spring and summer months.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 12 June 2019
  • Pink Sky Petunia 'Pink Sky' petunia has hot pink blooms.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
  • By the first warm days of spring, my stoop is awash with planters brimming with begonias, marigolds and petunias.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Some thoughtful neighbor has kept the front lawn trimmed in ruler-straight swaths, and the petunias clustered around the stoop still bloom brightly.
    — Steve Trumpeter, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
  • Be sure to include some fragrant plants such as a fragrant rose, Four o’clocks, mignonette or petunias.
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Placing one petunia in the middle and three around the sides gives a quicker full basket of foliage and blooms but at much greater cost.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Pests and Problems Night Sky petunia plants can be bothered by aphids, whiteflies, and slugs.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
  • Each week, Gertrude packed two-pound bags of shrimp to sell at the farmers’ market, along with petunias and gardenias from her yard.
    — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 15 July 2019
  • Certain plants such as peppers, eggplants and petunias need warmth as well as light.
    — Colleen Smith, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Probably the all-time, go-to flower for cool-season color is the petunia.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • This vigorous petunia works as both a filler and spiller in containers, with stems that can trail up to 30 inches by the end of the season.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Out with petunias and impatiens and in with pansies and cabbages.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Petunias do not tolerate the intense heat of summers this far south.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 June 2017
  • How deep would edging have to be to stop Mexican petunia from spreading?
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Rabbits love to munch on everything from broccoli and beans to pansies and petunias.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 June 2023
  • Seventy dangling baskets filled with petunias in downtown Tavares add to the city’s small-town charm.
    — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 May 2017
  • Some of these flowering plants include bee balms, columbine flowers, daylilies, lupines and petunias.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
  • This new petunia, in the Vista Series, is a vibrant fuchsia/purple, Butson said.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022
  • If summer-like conditions linger a bit longer, both pansies and petunias grow lanky and give poor displays.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The cold will kill petunias, begonias, and zinnias, and warm season crops such as cucumbers and squash.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a problem for plants like petunias, which are sensitive to waterlogged soil, Ruether said.
    — Roxie Hammill, kansascity.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Nisbet designed the black petunia pendant in the foyer, where Weinrib’s graphic zigzag rug covers the floor.
    — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 7 Sep. 2017
  • By now, that 10-inch hanging basket of petunias is looking pretty bad.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But that didn't stop hundreds of people from lining up to get their share of petunias, marigolds and other varieties to plant this season.
    — Sue Ellen Ross, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • Last month, the agency gave the go-ahead to a glow-in-the-dark petunia that contains genes from bioluminescent mushrooms and will go to market next year.
    — WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Snapdragon, alyssum, calendulas, stock, petunias and roses out in the open all had their blooms frozen.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The petunias can also be propagated, and the seeds collected and planted.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • As soon as guests enter through a tall wooden door and proceed to the courtyard, they’ll be enveloped by abundant foliage such as palms, pines and blossoms of petunias and paper flowers.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024

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