Want to succeed with new cultivars? Turn to the breeders

Added on 25 March 2024

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Want to succeed with new cultivars? Turn to the breeders

Plant breeders are continually working to improve the growth characteristics of their crops, and petunia is no exception. Petunias account for the most sales of any flower segment with 11% of total sales of flowering plants, according to the 2022 USDA Floriculture Crop Summary.

While already available in a wide selection of colors and patterns, breeders continue to seek new cultivars of petunias that have unusual color patterns or novel colors. Petunia ‘Night Sky’ is a cultivar from Selecta One that was first introduced in 2016 after winning the European FleuroStar Award in Europe in 2015. Since then, Selecta has introduced other speckled petunias in the Sky Series of petunias.