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PETUNIA CONFUSION…RESOLUTION
Presented by Susan Stauber
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Slide 2 Have you ever looked at a catalog and wondered what the heck the breeder was talking about?◦ Compact Mounding Habit… ◦ Mounding Trailing Habit…
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WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE PETUNIA OPTIONS…DO YOU JUST SIGH AND HOPE THAT IT WILL WORK IN YOUR PROJECT LIKE YOU ENVISIONED?
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WELL, THIS CLASS IS DESIGNED TO
HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE
EVER-EXPANDING WORLD OF PETUNIAS…
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The Common
Categories of Petunias:
➢Compact
➢Mounding Trailing
➢Vigorous Trailing
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Slide 6 Compact Mounding
◦ Bred to solve grower issues
◦ They hold their shape due to their dense
branching
◦ They require few to no pgr applications
due to their tight internodes
◦ You can grow them pot tight in your
greenhouses and still have a lovely
saleable product
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Slide 7 Uses for Compact Petunia series:
◦ Color Bowls (or basket)
◦ Small Window Boxes
◦ Packs
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WHERE SPACE IS TIGHT OR THE HARDSCAPE IS A FEATURE THAT IS EMPHASIZED.
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KEY SERIES IN THE
COMPACT CATEGORY
Potunias
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POTUNIA SUBCATEGORIES-
POTUNIA
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POTUNIA PLUS
25% more vigor-but with a
“bubb le” hab it.
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Starlet
◦ 12 colors to choose from
◦ Series known for great uniformity in
habit and flower timing
◦ Grower friendly
◦ Early to flower
◦ Plays well with others and is featured in
Selecta’s well known Trixis
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Capella◦ 12 colors in the series
from solid red to the
novelty Cherry Vanilla
◦ Tidy small pots with
minimal PGR
◦ Continues to grow and
gain size in the garden
◦ Blooms early
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Sweetunias
o This series is deep and
sweet!
o Also known for their
ability to behave nicely in
mixed combinations.
o Wide range of colors-20
in total
o Utilized in Confetti
Garden combos
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BLEND-ABILITY IS THEIR
HALLMARK
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Slide 16 Don’t forget the new seed varieties in this category…◦ Pretty Grand
◦ Pretty Flora
◦ EZ Rider
◦ Damask
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Other Compact Series:
Vegetative
◦ Surfinia Summer Double
◦ Scoop (new this season)
◦ Cannonball
◦ Sun Spun
◦ Amore
◦ Rays
◦ Glow
Seed
◦ Dreams
◦ Madness
◦ Hurrah
◦ Bravo
◦ Duvet
◦ Limbo
◦ Super Cascade
◦ TriTunia
◦ Sophisticas
◦ Success HD
◦ Daddy
◦ Picobella
◦ Double Madness
◦ Double Cascade
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Slide 18 Supporting Cast ideas:
Look for other compact friends
◦ Yolo Lobularia
◦ Aloha Kona, Cabaret and MiniFamous Uno Calibrachoa
◦ Little Lucky & Bandito Lantana
◦ BeBop, Blues, Cadet, Empress Flair, Superbena Royale & Upright Lanai Verbena
◦ Versa Bacopa
◦ Great Falls Coleus
◦ Bidy Gonzales Top Bidens
◦ Star Dust & Diamond Snow Eurphorbia
◦ Namid Early Yellow & Bidy Gonzales Bidens
◦ Suntory Trailing, Magadi (select varieties) & Techno Upright Lobelia
◦ Dahlietta Dahlias
◦ Fantasia & Tango Geraniums
◦ Spotlight Ipomoea
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Slide 19 Summary for compact series◦ 12”-18” Window Boxes
◦ 10-12” Hanging Baskets and uprights
◦ Tabletop containers and other low bowls/squares
◦ Packs, small pots-up to quarts
◦ Top of large moss baskets for height and blending.
◦ Plant with other compact varieties when creating combination plantings
◦ Tight in ground spaces-think narrow medians, small roundabouts or the edge of a more formal installation. Use the looser compact series-like Potunia Plus, Sweetunia, Amores, Starlets
◦ Easy to grow, no pgr, quick to finish
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MOUNDING TRAILERS-THE WORKHORSE
OF THE PETUNIA CATEGORY!
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Slide 21 Mounding Trailers◦ These beauties are frequently utilized in
mixed combinations that are simply
stunning.
◦ They will trail below the bottom of
standard hanging baskets-but also offer
height on the top of the basket
◦ They also can be used in ground in the
landscape
◦ New breeding is early to flower
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Slide 22 Uses for Mounding Trailing Petunia series:
◦ Hang ing Baskets of almost any size
◦ Medium to Large Window Boxes
◦ In g round p lantings of all sorts where you
want a l itt le height. These series really
stand out when you want to do a mixed
border.
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KEY SERIES IN MOUNDING TRAILING CATEGORYHead liners and the famous Night Sky Petunia
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Headliners
◦ Endless possibilities
◦ Extreme uniformity-yields great
mixability
◦ Early to flower in many eye-catching
colors including the famous Skies
◦ Great in combination plantings
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HEADLINERS= UNIFORMITY
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SUPERTUNIAS
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Slide 27 Supertunias in action
◦ This series has a long track record of
performance in the mounding trailing category
◦ They will work both in containers and in ground
as you can see here.
◦ Flexible-Bordeaux is pictured here both in the
ground and in container type plantings. This
particular petunia has been a best seller since
the inception of Supertunias (1992 ish).
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SUPERTUNIAS-A SERIES WITH SERIOUS LONGEVITY!
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SURPRISE
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Surprise ◦ Ideal for 12” Hanging
Baskets
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EASY WAVE (SEED)
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Slide 32 Easy Waves in Action!
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Other Mounding Trailing Series:
Vegetative
◦ Bee’s Knees (new)
◦ Midnight Gold and Pink Diamond
Doubles (new)
◦ Sweet Sunshine Doubles
◦ ColorBlitz
◦ Surfinia
◦ Sanguna
◦ Glow
Seed
◦ Success
◦ Evening
Scentsation
◦ Flash Forward
(new)
◦ Ramblin’
◦ Trilogy
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Slide 34 Supporting Cast ideas:
Use the medium-sized series
◦ Stream & Easy Breezy Lobularia
◦ Aloha, Cabaret, Superbells, MiniFamous Uno & Neo Calibrachoa
◦ Lascar, Firehouse, Lanai, Empress & SuperbenaVerbena
◦ Big Falls, Megacopa, Calyspo & Scopia Bacopa
◦ Main Street and Flame Thrower Coleus
◦ Diamond Frost, Breathless Eurphorbia
◦ Sunbeam, Golden Empire, Goldilocks Rocks & NamidBidens
◦ Whirlwind, Surdiva,Fairy and Brilliance Scaevola
◦ Suntory Trailing, Magadi (select varieties), Techno, Hot and Laguna Lobelia
◦ Almost any Dahlias depending on the look you want
◦ Dynamo, Patriot, Great Balls of Fire, Survivor & Calliope Medium Geraniums
◦ Sweet Caroline, Sweet Georgia and Spotlight Ipomoea
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Slide 35 Summary for mounding trailer series
◦ 15”-30” Window Boxes
◦ 12-16” Hanging Baskets uprights
◦ Pots: quarts and gallons
◦ Top of large moss baskets for height
and blending.
◦ These guys shine in the ground,
especially in a mixed species planting
where you want things to mix and
mingle.
◦ Give them room to spread and they will
be magnificent
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VIGOROUS TRAILERS…
DON’T LET THEM SNEAK UP BEHIND
YOU!
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SUPERTUNIA VISTA
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Slide 38 Supertunia Vista in action!
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Slide 39 COLORRUSH-THE NEW KID IN TOWN!
◦ Large flowers, large plant
◦ Great color assortment
◦ Works extremely well in ground and in large
containers
◦ ColorRush White and ColorRush Pink are both
award winners at CSU
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The ColorRushLine Up
2022 Introductions
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WHYWAVES?◦ Economical
◦ Covers a large amount
of ground
◦ Flower power all
season long
◦ If you need even larger-
you can try Tidal
Waves!
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Slide 42 They are versatile and cover a lot of ground
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Super Cal and Super Cal Premium
◦ Petunia crossed with a calibrachoa
◦ Medium sized flower with great ability to rebound in the landscape
◦ Very large spreading series that can keep up with the Vista and ColorRush series.
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Other Vigorous Trailing Series:
Vegetative
◦ Cascadias
◦ Dekko-small flower, large plant
◦ Peppy
◦ DuraBloom
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Slide 45 Supporting Cast ideas:
Look for the big guys
◦ Snow Princess Lobularia
◦ Diva & Bumblebee Calibrachoa
◦ Endurascape Verbena
◦ Landmark Lantana
◦ Vigorous Coleus-like Wasabi, French Quarter
◦ Sunbeam, Golden Empire, Goldilocks Rocks
& Namid Bidens
◦ Magadi Basket Lobelia
◦ Mystic, Hypnotica and XXL Dahlias
◦ Galaxy, Patriot, & Calliope Large Geraniums
◦ Blackie and Margerite Ipomea
◦ Other vigorous or mounding trailing petunias
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Slide 46 Summary for vigorous series◦ 24” and larger Window Boxes
◦ 14” and larger Hanging Baskets
◦ 18” and larger upright containers
◦ Municipal planters
◦ Gallon pots
◦ Moss baskets, bloommaster baskets, etc.
◦ In ground in any setting with room to
roam
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In conclusion◦ Know your series
◦ Pair them with
compatible
companions
◦ Enjoy the results!
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
QUESTIONS?
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