Top ten picks for Petunia 2015
Petunias have always been a popular annual in the garden. Their showy blooms add wonderful color to baskets, containers, and window boxes and add dramatic splashes of color and texture to the garden bed. Many of the newer varieties need little or no maintenance and behave amazing well with their companion plants.
My favourite is Petunia ‘Black Magic’. Who can resist a deep dark velvet Petunia. When people see it, their first instinct is to touch it and feel the velvet. It has a lovely mounding habit, 3” wide flowers and is as dark as a black cat at midnight. It adds high drama and bold contrast to containers and beds and does not fade with heat. I mixed it with the blood red Geranium ‘Calliope’, Purple fountain grass and lime green Ipomea….to create a very bold and dramatic look. So lush and gorgeous!
Fabulous new petunias are coming out of Germany. German breeder Westhoff from Westflowers has created the ‘crazytunia’ series that is spectacular. The crazytunia ‘Star Jubilee’ is black with wide yellow petal shaped stripes and definitely has the wow factor. It can stand on its own in a pot or in a mixed container.
The crazytunia ‘Terracotta’ has wonderful yellow and pink tones and looks like a tropical fruit punch. It really gets you into the Summer mood to start creating your own tropical paradise.
A show stopper is the crazytunia ‘Mandeville.’ What could be more striking then a huge fiery star shaped bloom with yellow stripes radiating outwards from the center. Simply spectacular! It grows 10” by 12” and like all petunias continually blooms from June to October.
Not everyone wants bold in their garden, some people are looking for something more subtle like Crazytunia ‘Cloud No.9 ‘. It is a very soft white with a subtle blue vein and delicate yellow star and is great for creating that soft pastel, feminine look. You can mix it with other pastels by adding light pinks or echoing the blue and yellow of the bloom itself. Great for the cottage garden look.
A darling petunia is ‘Sunspun Yellow’ which has the cleanest yellow bloom with a deep yellow throat and a white edge. It has a nice compact mounding habit and yellow always makes a sunny impression no matter where you put it.
A few years ago they took the trailing double white Petunia ‘Sonata’ off the market and I have been trying to find a double white to replace it. The best one is Wave ‘Double White’. It is the cleanest freshest brightest white with fully double blooms and semi trailing. By adding white to your garden or containers, it makes the other colors pop.
A very popular choice is the Sweetunia ‘Johnny Flame’. It has a deep purple almost black center with plum and magenta extending to the outer scalloped petals. This free flowing petunia makes a good spiller for baskets, flower pots and window boxes. This petunia won the ‘Medal of Excellence’ and is definitely a must in any garden.
Sun catcher ‘Blue Burst’ gives a regal look to any planting with its deep purple veining highlighting the velvety purple blooms. It has a wonderful compact, mounding habit and doesn’t take over its companion in containers. The center velvet veining is definitely unique and makes it a good conversation piece.
The award winning ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’ is still the brightest and most eye catching of all the petunias. The nonstop flowers are a deep red with a central star of lime green and primrose yellow. The multi colors allow you to match it with many of the other plants in the garden or container. These striped blooms are so cheerful in the garden and give a crisp look to any design.
Petunias have always been a most colorful and popular annual plant. It is one of the easiest of plants to grow - all they need is good soil, regular watering and plenty of sunshine. Feed it weekly or get a slow release fertilizer for maximum flowers. If you haven’t tried petunias for a while, try adding them this year and let your garden show its inner pizzazz.
Petunias have always been a popular annual in the garden. Their showy blooms add wonderful color to baskets, containers, and window boxes and add dramatic splashes of color and texture to the garden bed. Many of the newer varieties need little or no maintenance and behave amazing well with their companion plants.
My favourite is Petunia ‘Black Magic’. Who can resist a deep dark velvet Petunia. When people see it, their first instinct is to touch it and feel the velvet. It has a lovely mounding habit, 3” wide flowers and is as dark as a black cat at midnight. It adds high drama and bold contrast to containers and beds and does not fade with heat. I mixed it with the blood red Geranium ‘Calliope’, Purple fountain grass and lime green Ipomea….to create a very bold and dramatic look. So lush and gorgeous!
Fabulous new petunias are coming out of Germany. German breeder Westhoff from Westflowers has created the ‘crazytunia’ series that is spectacular. The crazytunia ‘Star Jubilee’ is black with wide yellow petal shaped stripes and definitely has the wow factor. It can stand on its own in a pot or in a mixed container.
The crazytunia ‘Terracotta’ has wonderful yellow and pink tones and looks like a tropical fruit punch. It really gets you into the Summer mood to start creating your own tropical paradise.
A show stopper is the crazytunia ‘Mandeville.’ What could be more striking then a huge fiery star shaped bloom with yellow stripes radiating outwards from the center. Simply spectacular! It grows 10” by 12” and like all petunias continually blooms from June to October.
Not everyone wants bold in their garden, some people are looking for something more subtle like Crazytunia ‘Cloud No.9 ‘. It is a very soft white with a subtle blue vein and delicate yellow star and is great for creating that soft pastel, feminine look. You can mix it with other pastels by adding light pinks or echoing the blue and yellow of the bloom itself. Great for the cottage garden look.
A darling petunia is ‘Sunspun Yellow’ which has the cleanest yellow bloom with a deep yellow throat and a white edge. It has a nice compact mounding habit and yellow always makes a sunny impression no matter where you put it.
A few years ago they took the trailing double white Petunia ‘Sonata’ off the market and I have been trying to find a double white to replace it. The best one is Wave ‘Double White’. It is the cleanest freshest brightest white with fully double blooms and semi trailing. By adding white to your garden or containers, it makes the other colors pop.
A very popular choice is the Sweetunia ‘Johnny Flame’. It has a deep purple almost black center with plum and magenta extending to the outer scalloped petals. This free flowing petunia makes a good spiller for baskets, flower pots and window boxes. This petunia won the ‘Medal of Excellence’ and is definitely a must in any garden.
Sun catcher ‘Blue Burst’ gives a regal look to any planting with its deep purple veining highlighting the velvety purple blooms. It has a wonderful compact, mounding habit and doesn’t take over its companion in containers. The center velvet veining is definitely unique and makes it a good conversation piece.
The award winning ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’ is still the brightest and most eye catching of all the petunias. The nonstop flowers are a deep red with a central star of lime green and primrose yellow. The multi colors allow you to match it with many of the other plants in the garden or container. These striped blooms are so cheerful in the garden and give a crisp look to any design.
Petunias have always been a most colorful and popular annual plant. It is one of the easiest of plants to grow - all they need is good soil, regular watering and plenty of sunshine. Feed it weekly or get a slow release fertilizer for maximum flowers. If you haven’t tried petunias for a while, try adding them this year and let your garden show its inner pizzazz.
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