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  • 4 - 12 Inches
    12 - 18 Inches
    24 - 36 Inches
    10cm - 30cm
    30cm - 46cm
    61cm - 91cm

    Features

    Supertunia Trailing petunias are very strongly trailing, with very little height as a spreading petunia plant. They will function as spillers in containers as a spiller petunia plant, but are also good as front-of-the-bed plants for landscapes.  If your goal for hanging baskets or window boxes is to have the plants be as long as possible, Supertunia Trailing is the best choice.  They have small, long trailing annual flowers.

    Award Winner
    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Drought Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Butterflies, Hummingbirds

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    4 - 12 Inches 10cm - 30cm
    Trails Up To: 
    36 Inches 91cm
    Spacing: 
    12 - 18 Inches 30cm - 46cm
    Spread: 
    24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Purple
    Flower Shade: 
    Lavender
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounding Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Spiller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Hard Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Groundcover
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Use as a petunia for hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and combination planters.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Supertunia® petunia plants are easy to grow and will flower non-stop from planting to hard frost if simple maintenance tasks are performed. Growing Supertunias in full sun to part sun is important for their strong growth and bloom performance. They do not require deadheading, meaning the removal of spent flowers, to stay in bloom all season.

     

    Petunias thrive with consistent moisture. Do not let them wilt severely before watering again.

     

    Supertunia petunias perform best when fed regularly with Proven Winners plant foods. At planting time, in containers and landscapes, mix Proven Winners Premium Continuous Release Plant Food into the soil, following the rates specified on the packaging. Reapply halfway through the growing season.

     

    Additionally, Supertunias should be fed regularly with Proven Winners Premium Water Soluble Plant Food according to the rates specified on the packaging. For Supertunias growing in containers, feed every third time you water or at least once per week. For Supertunias growing in the ground, feed once every one to two weeks.

     

    If you have been feeding your petunias regularly and they are getting enough sun and water but are not blooming, you may be dealing with petunia budworm. Learn more about this petunia pest.

     

    By midsummer, it will be time to trim up your Supertunias. Trim the longest stems, bringing them in line with the others, taking care not to remove more than 20% of the plant. Trimming petunias in the landscape is not usually necessary but cutting them back by 20% can make the plants fuller. Follow up by feeding them with water soluble plant food to promote fresh new growth and blooms.

     

    Read more Supertunia petunia care tips.

    The Best Petunia. Period.®

    Supertunia® Blue Veined Petunia   'Conblue'
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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • Russell Studebaker
      , Virginia
      , United States
      , 15 years ago
    • does very well in Edmonton, Alberta Canada very showing planting

      wendy rosenthal
      , Alberta
      , Canada
      , 15 years ago
    • Diane Pawlowski
      , Michigan
      , United States
      , 15 years ago
    • tina husch
      , Michigan
      , United States
      , 15 years ago
  • Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2011 Superior (top 10%) Penn State University
    2011 Superior (top 10%) Penn State University
    2009 Best Varieties Penn State University
    2009 Best Varieties Penn State University
    2009 Best Varieties Penn State University
    2008 Top 22 Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
    2008 Top 22 Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
    2008 Top 22 Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
    2008 Top 22 Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
    2006 Superior Variety Penn State University
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