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Tidal Wave® Red Velour Spreading Petunia
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Download a Bench CardScientific Name: Petunia x hybrida
Common Name: Spreading Petunia
Hardiness Degree: 40°F (4.4°C)
Blooming Season: Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Plant Habit: Spreading, Upright
Characteristics: Attracts Bees, Heat Tolerant, Low Maintenance
Water: Medium
Fertilize: Once a week
Spacing: 12 - 24" (30 - 61cm)
Height: 16 - 22" (41 - 56cm)
Width: 30 - 60" (76 - 152cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Mountains of color in big gardens and containers! The biggest petunia series in the Ride The Wave family, Tidal Wave grows and grows and grows into an awesome, flower-filled hedge! These award-winning plants serve as excellent “screens” for unsightly air conditioners or to adorn wooden fences. They also work well in large planters. Space them 24 in. (60 cm) apart and watch them spread into an unbelievable groundcover!
Big, bold 3D colour!
Grow Summer sales with this strong finisher. Tidal Wave is the “go-to” for pros and home gardeners looking for fast colour. Hedge, vine or impressive groundcover – Tidal Wave does it all! These fast-fill plants spread out and climb along and over walls and fences. They also make beautiful trellised containers.
Plug crop time: 5 to 6 weeks
Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 8 weeks, Summer 4 to 7 weeks
- Largest and most vigorous of the Wave petunia family, Tidal Wave plants provide super-size colour in big spaces, and are suitable for large city baskets and plantings.
- Excellent landscape performer with terrific recovery from rain. Unlike other petunias, Tidal Waves stay together.
- Recommended in Wave branded packaging: 8-in./20-cm pots.
- Spaced a minimum of 12 in./30 cm apart, Tidal Wave petunias form a dense, mounded hedge, 16 to 22 in./41 to 56 cm tall.
- Grown in a restricted space with support, they grow an extra 2 to 3 ft./61 to 91 cm upward, like a vine.
- Spaced up to 24 in./61 cm apart in the garden, the plants make a floriferous groundcover, spreading up to 5 ft./1.5 m across per plant.
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