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["Richard L. Wagner" <rewagner@centurytel.net>]

Probably would want to propagate the originals from cuttings but a well 
lighted space inside would be necessary to protect them from the cold. 

We settled for the 'old fashioned ones. They are not as bright and 
flamboyant but they have the advantage of a wonderful fragrance. Modern 
fruits= no flavor. Modern flowers=no fragrance. THey also have the 
advantage that they reseed. There is a multiple color strain strain of 
fragrant reseeding petunia named 'Laura Bush' for ground cover usage. 


Quoting "Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>:
> Jerry, anytime I've let volunteer petunia seedlings grow up from seed from a
> hybrid parent, they were not the same as the parent.  Often, they 
> look like the
> old-fashioned "vining" petunias that were grown years ago (white, lavender,
> pink).  I believe the Wave petunias are hybrids, and you'll probably see
> something similar once the volunteer seedlings come into flower. -- Sam
> Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.  (USDA hardiness zone 4b)
>
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>
> Has anybody tried to keep petunia volunteer sprouts over the winter?  
> And does
> anybody know if those volunteer plants are true to kind?  The parents 
> were the
> wave petunia type. We have not had a killing frost yet and if I could 
> keep them,
> it might be worth trying.  Jerry in souther Indiana
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