![]() Petunia flowers are popular bedding, container, and hanging basket plants. Petunia flowers add summer color to your garden, patio, balcony or container garden This article is a guide to some of the most spectacular petunia hybrids and cultivars that you can grow in your garden, hanging basket, window box, or patio container. The mounding or cascading flowering plants are native to South America, and they thrive in USDA zones 10 and 11. There are around 20 species of petunias along with hundreds of petunia varieties, hybrids, and cultivars, each with unique patterns and colors. Growing petunias is straightforward as they only need plenty of sun and moisture to bloom profusely throughout summer. The fast-growing bushy petunia plants quickly cover bare ground, beautify flower beds or borders, or fill hanging baskets with their mounding growth and cascading flowers. Petunias are tender perennials that are treated as annuals in most regions. And Surfinia petunias are popular for hanging basket flowers due to their floral trailing, dangling stems. Traditional grandiflora petunias have large colorful funnel-like flowers. Wave petunias are extremely popular due to their spreading nature. Most varieties of petunias are hybrids, and they are classified by their flowers. There is even a stunning type of black petunia. With their trumpet-shaped showy single or double blooms, petunias come in colors and shades such as purple, lilac, red, pink, yellow and white. They are so popular because all varieties of petunias are prolific bloomers with solid, striped, speckled, and veined colors. Petunia flowers are some of the most colorful flowering plants to grow in garden landscapes, hanging baskets, borders, containers, and window boxes. Email Pinterest Facebook Twitter Linkedin ![]()
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