Trailing petunias

See how to fertilize your Wave petunias this year with the right nutrients to power big, long lasting blooms all summer long!

Petunias are such great flowers for garden centerpiece. Brimming with brilliant colors and a delicate smell, petunia flowers are great for adding a splash of color to your gardens. They make great ground covers and blooming borders, but look especially spectacular and dramatic in hanging baskets and window boxes, adding amazing waves of color to garden design and yard landscaping.

Included in our list of the best trailing plants for hanging baskets (but not limited to) are low-maintenance, drought tolerant varieties, plants for either sun or shade and some trailing plants that are suited to keeping indoors.

Learn about new trailing pansies, including Cool Wave, Freefall, WonderFall and Plentifall pansies, and get growing tips from the experts at HGTV.

All petunias are colorful and bloom for a long time, but there are five distinct types that each have their own specific features. Choose from large-flowered grandiflora, petite milliflora, or the abundantly blooming multiflora. Or how about a trailing variety or ground cover? Learn more now. #petunias #gardenerspath

Need a pretty flowering shade plant? Consider Mexican petunia, aka Ruellia simplex, an easy-care beauty that likes sun, too. Learn more on Gardener’s Path.

Transform your outdoor haven with these delightful small flower garden concepts to infuse color and charm into any cozy nook of your yard. Design a lively border garden featuring a variety of perennial blooms such as daisies and marigolds, arrange an adorable window box brimming with petunias and geraniums, or establish a vertical garden on a trellis showcasing flowing blossoms like morning glories.

Easy-care petunias add bright colors, fragrance, and fantastic forms to pots of any shape or size. Use mounding ones for large planters and trailing ones to spill from hanging baskets and window boxes. Find the details in our how-to guide to petunia container care, now on Gardener's Path. #petunias #gardenerspath

As Wave Petunias celebrate their 25th Anniversary, you will love the color of our newest AAS Winning Wave, Carmin Velour! AAS judges enthusiastically came up with an array of ways to describe the unique carmine rose color: “Fabulous,” “Stunning,” “Intense,” “Vibrant,” “Lively,” “Great color,” “Bright,” “Non-fading,” “Outstanding,” “My favorite,” “Bright colors regardless of clouds or sun,” and so on. You get the picture; the judges loved this entry!