petunias

Colorful garden annuals

Petunias are flowering plants with funnel-shaped blooms in a wide range of colors, commonly grown in gardens, window boxes, and hanging baskets.

Native to South America, they've become one of the most popular annual bedding plants because they flower prolifically and tolerate heat well.

The petunias on the front porch are looking a little droopy.

In Douglas Adams's *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*, a bowl of petunias famously appears thinking "Oh no, not again" as it plummets toward a planet.

gardening

bedding

Materials covering a mattress

annualsSingle-season plants
plantingPlacing seeds in earth
flowerbedSoil area for ornamentals

containers · hanging baskets · windowbox · transplanting · seedlings · bloom · deadheading · trailing · cascading · borders

botanical

Solanaceae

Nightshade plant family

nightshadeOften toxic plant family
trumpet-shapedFlaring from narrow base
funnelCone directing flow

corolla · pollen · stamens · sepals · petals · cultivar · hybrid · grandiflora · multiflora · spreading

aesthetic

purple

Hue between crimson and azure

pinkPale red hue
whiteAbsence of pigment
stripedHaving contrasting bands

bicolor · ruffled · veined · fragrant · velvety · vibrant · showy · colorful · variegated · magenta

cultural

Dursley

Porky PigStuttering cartoon swine
cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
vintageQuality from past eras

grandmother · cottage · nostalgia · old-fashioned · quaint · Americana · porch · summer · suburbia · domesticity

petunias

bedding

Solanaceae

purple

Dursley

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