98 – 105 days. Pirouette petunia seeds are brilliant, easy to grow, and renowned for their early blooming that will last well up to the frost. Pirouette petunia debuted as an AAS Flower Winner for its “excellent garden performance and continuous display of contrasting colors.” Pirouette seeds boast hardy 3 – 4” fully-double bicolored blooms perfect for indoor brilliance, yet robust enough to flourish out in the flower bed. Award-winning Pirouette petunia seeds grow as an ideal bedding, trim, or ground cover or as a fresh cut compliment to your next seasonal arrangement. 1000 pelleted seeds.

Growing Pirouette Petunia Garden Seeds

• Taxonomy: Petunia x hybrida
• Other Names: Grandiflora Double Petunia
• Seed Type: Annual (Perennial in zones 10 – 11)
• Sow Indoors or Outdoors: For earliest blooming, start Pirouette petunia seeds indoors 10 – 12 weeks before the final frost and transplant once there are two sets of true leaves. Pirouette seeds will germinate within 14 days with full lighting. If transplanting outside, harden off seedlings into a partially shaded spot in the garden, or an equally moderate place indoors.
• Days to Maturity: 98 – 105 days
• Hardiness Zone: 6 – 11
• Planting Depth: Plant 2 – 3 seeds ¼” deep
• Plant Spacing: 10 – 14”
• Growth Habit: 10 – 15” tall mounding upright with an 10 – 12” spread of lush and feathery fully-double 3 – 4” blooms
• Soil Preference: Average, medium moist, well-drained
• Light Preference: Full sun – Partial shade
• Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Avoid overhead watering to minimize wetting foliage as Pirouette petunia seeds are susceptible to fungal and leaf diseases and gray mold if not properly ventilated. Plants are known to be susceptible to blight and tobacco mosaic virus, since Petunia x hybrida is closely related to the tobacco plant. Pirouette petunias will benefit from shade and deadheading as they begin to decline as autumn nears. Petunias have no serious pests, but monitor regularly for aphids, flea beetles, slugs and snails.
• Color: Bicolored petals with an even white "picotee" edge in a signature choice of Purple or Rose

For earliest blooming, begin Pirouette petunia seeds indoors 10 – 12 weeks before the final frost and transplant once there are two sets of true leaves. Pirouette seeds will germinate within 14 days with full lighting. If transplanting outside, harden off seedlings into a partially shaded spot in the garden, or an equally moderate place indoors. Plant 2 – 3 Pirouette petunia seeds ¼” deep and 10 – 14” apart in average, medium moist, and well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Avoid overhead watering to minimize wetting foliage as Pirouette petunia seeds are susceptible to fungal and leaf diseases and gray mold if not properly ventilated. Plants are known to be susceptible to blight and tobacco mosaic virus, since Petunia x hybrida is closely related to the tobacco plant. Pirouette petunias will benefit from shade and deadheading as they begin to decline as autumn nears. Petunias have no serious pests, but monitor regularly for aphids, flea beetles, slugs and snails. Pirouette seeds mature in 98 – 105 days as 10 – 15” tall mounding uprights with a 10 – 12” spread of lush and feathery fully-double 3 – 4” bicolored "picotee" blooms.

The Pirouette petunia debuted as the 1987 All-American Selections (AAS) Flower Winner for its “excellent garden performance and continuous display of contrasting colors.” Second only to impatiens in annual bedding plant sales, the petunia has been a popular plant for many years due in large part to its ease of culture and non-stop flowering from spring to frost. Petunia is a genus of 20 species native to South America and the genus is loosely derived from an old Guarani word meaning “tobacco” since the two plants are both in the nightshade family.