Red tidal wave velour is an excellent petunia like picidae has said it doesn't need dead heading . I give my mum some last yearand she left them out all winter and they are coming to surprisingly , think I will save some plants this year.
The garden visits are always very interesting, especially they are to far away to visit in person.
Thanks for sharing your pictures picidae, it is interesting to see Red tidal wave velour in full flower and again now, so I have to reassess my feelings towards petunias. I will try to get hold of a packet of the seed. Did you nip it at the top to prevent the plants from growing taller? Would it grow up a trellis too?
Yes, the garden visits are interesting. We enjoy the mixed variety of the programme very much.
Hi Guernsey Donkey. To be honest, I just left the plant to its own devices. It had that metal framework to assist its upward growth but it did not go above 3’ which, from what I have seen and read, is fairly standard. I suspect those plants we saw on GW on Friday evening had been coaxed to grow vertically. It would definitely grow up and through a trellis.
Here on a very sunny south facing house wall is the plant growing in a hay basket. In essence it is tumbling downwards in the style of most petunias.
This is is an 18” basket with 5 plants in it.
I don’t know about Dobies, T&M and Sarah Raven but Nicky’s Seeds sell this as pelleted seeds which is a definite bonus.
@Guernsey Donkey2 I bought mine from Dobies , I wasn't pleased with my last 2 packs of petunia tidal wave seeds - 10 seeds short in red velour and all but 2 seeds were crushed in silver wave . Anyway I've gone a bit mad on red velour this year cause I was so pleased with them last year think I have 39 or 40 seedling . I think sarah ravens sells them as well.
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The garden visits are always very interesting, especially they are to far away to visit in person.
This is is an 18” basket with 5 plants in it.
I don’t know about Dobies, T&M and Sarah Raven but Nicky’s Seeds sell this as pelleted seeds which is a definite bonus.
https://www.simplyseed.co.uk/flower-seeds/trailing-petunia-seeds-red.html
A friend of mine has used them.