Tag: petunia

Phlowers – Silverberry Petunia

On By TimelessladyIn Phlowers6 Comments

I can’t remember the source for this beautiful petunia, but oh my, am I glad I found it. I planted it up in Spring with some Sweet Potato Vine and have been in love with it ever since. It really lives up to the Proven Winners Brand description of fillers and spillers, for it certainly fills the basket and spills over the side. Beyond that, the color of the plant is extraordinary, truly a silvery pink. The flowers are small and compact, and even though I try to deadhead them, they don’t seem to need it to continue to bloom in abundance. I highly recommend this lovely flower. It is worth every penny you pay for it.

Only one plant, potted up in a hanging basket in the Spring, has expanded in every direction. Amazing! It’s still growing strong and fast.

Supertunia Vista petunias are very vigorous, with mounding habits that can reach up to 2 feet in height in the landscape and will trail over the edges of baskets and containers up to 4 feet by the end of the season. They are fantastic landscape plants and are great in large containers, where they function as both fillers and spillers. In garden beds, they will work either in the front or middle of the bed. They have medium-sized flowers.

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A bonus for those who press flowers…usually petunias are iffy for successful pressing. If I gather these blossoms when they first open, although very fragile and thin, they retain their color and veining. Because the blooms are not as large as a standard petunia, they work in smaller-sized pressed flower settings too. Beautiful.


Silverberry Petunia is my flower of the day for Cee’s FOTD challenge.

Pleasures & Plants – Volunteers 2014

On By TimelessladyIn Plants, Pleasures4 Comments

In blog posts of past years you will find me praising the season’s “volunteer” plants. Volunteer plants are those whose seeds have slumbered in the earth through the winter. These seeds spring to life when the temperatures become warm. Volunteer plants are one of the top reasons I don’t mulch my flower beds. Besides being filled with unwanted chemicals and dyes, a heavy layer of mulch smothers any hope of volunteer sprouts seeing the sun.

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When I spotted the pink trumpet of this petunia growing in the crack of my front sidewalk I was astounded. How had the small plantlet survived the tromping feet of my grandchildren, the mailman, myself and my husband, and other visitors who come to my front door? I knew I had to try and save the petunia. It was definitely living on “borrowed time.” Sooner or later the sole of a shoe would smash it’s tender blossoms and leaves into the unyielding surface of the concrete.

I knew that pulling the petunia from the scant dirt between the sidewalk blocks would be doom. The roots that it had so steadfastly sent into the soil would be torn away and the plant would wilt and die within an hour. What was the solution? Perhaps I could loosen it a bit with a plastic knife, and then gently tug until I could pull it away from the confines of the concrete.

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Happily, for both of us, the knife worked. The plant loosened its grip, I tugged, it left its first home. The small petunia is now planted in a bare spot in my front garden. After the passing of several days, it is still alive and thriving in the hot summer sun of June.

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I have dozens of volunteer plants springing up in my gardens. At times I let them grow where they have begun, but often I dig the sprouts up and move them to bare spots. Happy Gardening!

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Check out this terrific article on the Mother Earth News Website: Volunteer Plants: A Garden Bonus

Plants – Wave Petunias

On By TimelessladyIn Plants1 Comment

You can count on the variety of bedding plants called, “Proven Winners” to live up to the promise in their name. Wave petunias, proven winners, in a gorgeous shade of pink, grace the entry into my home. The soft glowing color reminds me of my Grandmother who loved this shade of pink. All summer, they will bloom and continue to cascade over the edge of their pot. I have planted these petunias near the front porch and in two hanging baskets in the front garden. They combine well with lantana and the chartreuse green shade of sweet potato vines.