growing mexican petunias from cuttings

I'm riding on my luck in growing stuff from cuttings so this time around, I'm trying to propagate our one measly petunia in a container--a gift from another one of our Filipino friends.

So far, the li'l buggers are holding up nicely.

This time around, I didn't add any secret sauce. I wonder how they'll fare...

Anyways, once these cuttings grow up and flower, I'm hoping they'll look as beautiful as these ones:

image by perfectplaces.iivi-designs.com

One thing I like about Mexican petunias is the fact that they're quite hardy here in Florida. In fact, they're a familiar sight in most every front yards we drive by.

One unique thing about this Florida perennial: the flowers hang around only for a day. They bloom early in the morning and by evening, the blooms are already resting on the ground.

And they're such show-offs. The brilliant purple flowers are so pleasing to the eyes, you'd want them to stay around longer than a day.

What I like about the Mexican petunia though is that from spring to spring--barring any frost--they'll keep flowering and flowering and flowering.

It's like they're trying to make up for their inability to last beyond a day by constantly bombarding you with more of their blooms...year round if they can help it.