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Supertunia® Honey™

Petunia

General Information GROWING TIPS

Supertunia Honey petunias are vigorous with slightly mounded habits that function as both fillers and spillers in containers.  They are also excellent landscape plants, best suited to be placed near the front of beds.  They have medium to large sized flowers.

Supertunia® Honey™
Blossom Color Pink, Yellow
Bloom Season Planting To Hard Frost
Exposure Part Sun to Sun
Height 4-8 in
Width 18-24 in
Spacing 12-24 in
Container Sizes 104, 104 Spacer, SE32, SE52
Hardiness Zones 10, 11
Wildlife Attracted Butterflies,Hummingbirds
Wildlife Deterred
Features

Supertunia Honey petunias are vigorous with slightly mounded habits that function as both fillers and spillers in containers.  They are also excellent landscape plants, best suited to be placed near the front of beds.  They have medium to large sized flowers.
Adaptable as a Houseplant No
Bog Plant No
Is Disease Resistant No
Drought Tolerant Yes
Edible No
Erosion Control No
Fragrant Flower No
Fragrant Foilage No
Heat Tolerant Yes
Native to North America No
Salt Tolerant No
Succulent No
Water Plant No
Uses

Use in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and combination planters.
Maintenance Notes

These are heat tolerant petunia plants that aren't particularly fussy and need little routine maintenance. They will perform best if an application of controlled release fertilizer is included at the time of planting. This applies to both landscape and container plantings. Supertunias Honey petunias are heavy feeders, but a single dose is usually sufficient for landscape beds in most climates. If you have a very long season, a second application of controlled release plant food should be considered for landscape plantings. In general, petunia in containers need to be fed more than landscape plants. Supertunias Honey petunia in containers will need to be fed more regularly to be their absolute best. A second application of a controlled release fertilizer can be applied about every two months to container plants, which will help. However, for the very best performance I find regularly applying water soluble fertilizer starting about two months after the petunia in containers are planted gives the best results.  These extra applications of plant food really make a difference in performance through the summer.


If your heat tolerant petunia plant begins to look open or a bit tired, an allover trim can be beneficial.  Use a sharp pair of scissors or pruning shears to trim back up to 1/3 of the volume of the plant. I pair any trim with a dose of water soluble fertilizer to provide instant energy to help kickstart new growth, branching and flowering. Your plant will take a week to recover from the trim, but the end result is a fuller plant with more blooms going forward. You may repeat the trim as needed through the season.
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