Petunia Mambo

This beautiful flower was found as early as the 18th century in South America. Nowadays, petunia is considered an ideal option for decorating a porch, balcony or veranda, and will also serve as an excellent dyeing in the landscape design of gardens and parks. The Mambo petunia variety is dwarf, has many profusely flowering subspecies, with different color shades. Let's take a closer look at this plant variety.

Petunia Mambo: description and characteristics of the variety

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Petunia of the Mambo series is perfectly adapted to both hot climates and relatively harsh weather conditions. It thrives on well-drained and nutritious soil, even with low humidity. This flower can be grown both in open space and in pots and flowerpots, since it is enough for it to receive 5 hours of sunlight per day. Petunia can be bred in several ways: by seed (which happens most often), using cut shoots, and also cultivated as indoor flowers. Also, this plant will not appreciate swampy soil at all and tolerates a short drought very well. True, despite this, when growing in the southern regions of petunias, daily watering is needed. The plant can grow until the end of spring. At this time, fertilizing is mandatory, depending on the variety, the fertilization schedule will differ.

Depending on the subspecies, the colors of the Mambo petunia can be found in various variations. Flowers grow in red, purple and blue colors. The multi-colored Mambo f1 petunia (Mambo multiflora petunia) has become very popular. On the flower garden, the mixture of its flowers with different shades looks just amazing.

Varieties of petunia Mambo f1

The Mambo variety has several subspecies, which are distinguished by the compactness of the bushes and abundant flowering. Consider them:

Petunia Mambo: photo

• Multi-flowered petunia Mambo f1 purple... A fairly hardy hybrid that can easily withstand a slight drought and is not capricious to maintain and care. That is why they love to grow it both in pots and in open areas. The bushes of the plant are quite compact, they do not grow much. The plant is distinguished by abundant flowering of purple flowers.

• Petunia Mambo Red morning. Characterizes itself as a short hybrid. It can grow up to 15 centimeters in a pot and about 25 centimeters outside. Although the hybrid is small in stature, its flowers form quite large, their diameter can be up to 9 centimeters, and during flowering, a beautiful hat is formed in the flower. This petunia Mambo color has an unusual muted matte scarlet color.

• Petunia multiflora Mambo G.P. Mead Blue... This completely new hybrid belongs to dwarf plants. Differs in active growth. Therefore, when growing it, no special growth activators are used. The flowers of this subspecies grow in a deep purple color.

• Petunia Mambo Burgundy... It got its name because of the colors of its flowers, they have it red, with a wine tint. The flowers have a diameter of about 9 centimeters when they grow. The grown plant grows to a height of 25 centimeters in an open space, and in a pot about 15 centimeters. The bushes of petunia Mambo burgundy bloom quite abundantly, although they themselves are small in size.

• Petunia Mambo Red Morne... Differs in its compactness. The plant blooms very profusely, its flowers, when fully expanded, form a bright cap. The flowers have an interesting color, bright pink around the edges and with a white center.

• Mambo G.P. Orchid Wayned... It is a newcomer among the hybrids of this variety. The main difference is the rather rapid growth of the bushes and the abundant beautiful flowering. When growing, the bushes of the plant are very wide, but they only reach a height of 25 centimeters. The flower is very resistant to sudden temperature changes, which, undoubtedly, is highly appreciated by gardeners. Also, this plant can grow not only in the sun, but also in the shade, though small. The hybrid is also distinguished by an unusual color of flowers, they are with light pink edges, and by the middle the color turns into dark crimson, plus the veins of the flower are very clearly distinguished by a bright color.

• Mambo Rose... This subspecies is quite hardy, it can easily endure all weather surprises. Differs in abundant flowering and grows up to 25 centimeters in height. The flowers of this plant are not very large, they have a pale pink color.

Care rules

Petunias the Mambo series are quite unpretentious to care for, but there are still several basic rules. Here they are:

• Seeds begin to be sown in February, and a week after that you will already see the first shoots. After the seedlings, they undergo a hardening procedure and are transplanted into open ground in May.
• Watering should be abundant for petunias, but rare, it will be better to carry out this procedure in the morning.
• Mandatory fertilizing with fertilizers along with abundant watering.
• In order for the bush to be wider, you need to remove young shoots from a petunia growing in a pot.
• The plant needs to be mulched in order to retain moisture in hot weather.
• The plant can be attacked by several pests such as slugs, aphids and whiteflies. To get rid of them, treat the plant with soapy water or insecticides. And if you have to deal with fungal diseases, then use neem oil.

Petunia Mambo: reviews

On the Internet, there are a huge number of reviews about this variety of petunias. Its beauty, gorgeous colors and rather long flowering period are almost always noted. It is also noticed that if you plant all the subspecies described above together, they will give a gorgeous look to your flower bed. This flower is loved by many gardeners, although it is considered an annual plant. He has many benefits for which he is appreciated and loved, such as:

• completely unpretentious plant, does not require increased attention to itself,
• long abundant flowering,
• fairly rapid emergence and flowering,
• if you plant densely petunia bushes, you get a whole "carpet" of flowers, it looks amazing.