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Scientists conjure world's first black petunia plant
Thursday November 25, 2010 03:45:58 PM,
IANS
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London:
British gardens will soon go a shade darker as horticulturists
have developed the world's first black petunia plant.
The dramatic new flowers, named Black Velvet, were developed using
natural breeding techniques to turn them into a dark black colour
and will be on sale at a premium price of 2-3 pounds per plant.
The rare plants, which have taken four years to perfect, are due
to blossom in British gardens for the first time next spring.
Petunias are extremely common and popular bedding plants and grow
in borders, containers and hanging baskets during the spring and
summer months, reports the Daily Mail.
They were developed by flower breeding company Ball Colegrave and
will be going on sale for the first time in British garden
centres.
Stuart Lowen from Ball Colegrave in Banbury said: "It's completely
unique. It's the first black petunia anywhere in the world."
"They say black goes with anything, and it really looks
exceptionally striking in the garden - it goes very well with
whites, yellows and pinks," Lowen added.
Flower breeder Jianping Ren developed the new plants at Ball Colegrave.
"The black colour did not exist in petunias before, so it has to
come from the right recombination of a novel colour mutant and
multiple regular colour genetic backgrounds," she said.
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