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Supertunia Vista® Paradise
Petunia
Medium-sized watermelon pink flowers with salmon-pink undertones. It's very vigorous, and is both a fantastic landscape plant and great in large containers, where it will function as both a filler and a spiller. This heat and drought tolerant annual attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
| Blossom Color | Watermelon Pink |
| Bloom Season | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| Exposure | Part Sun to Sun |
| Height | 12-24 in |
| Width | 24-36 in |
| Spacing | 18-32 in |
| Container Sizes | Eco+ Grande, Royale |
| Hardiness Zones | 10, 11 |
| Wildlife Attracted | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Wildlife Deterred | No Wildlife Deterred |
| Features | Medium-sized watermelon pink flowers with salmon-pink undertones. It's very vigorous, and is both a fantastic landscape plant and great in large containers, where it will function as both a filler and a spiller. This heat and drought tolerant annual attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. |
| Available Seasons | Spring, Fall |
| 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 large combinations, containers and landscapes. |
| Maintenance Notes |
These are heat tolerant 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 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, containers need to be fed more than landscape plants. Supertunias 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 containers are planted gives the best results. These extra applications of plant food really makes a difference in performance through the summer. If your 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. |
| 2023 | Top Performer - Penn State University |
| 2019 | Top Performer - Petunia - Early - Texas A&M - East Texas Bedding Plant Trial |
| 2019 | Excellent - Cool Season - Disney |
| 2018 | Top 10 - Cornell University |
| 2018 | Top Performer - University of Guelph |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Texas A&M - East Texas Bedding Plant Trial |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield |
| 2018 | Top Spring Season Annuals - Mississippi State University - Poplarville |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Raker Trial |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Penn State University |
| 2018 | Top Performer - University of Georgia |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Colorado State University |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Oregon State University |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Jardin Daniel A. Seguin |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Cornell University |
| 2018 | Top Performer - South Dakota State - McCrory Gardens |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Commercial Flower Growers of Wisconsin |
| 2018 | Silver Medal - Champaign County Illiniois Master Gardener Idea Garden |
| 2018 | Gold Medal - Champaign County Illiniois Master Gardener Idea Garden |
| 2018 | Above Average - Warm Season - Disney |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Texas Tech University |
| 2018 | Top 10 Consumer Preference - University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale |
| 2018 | Top Performer - University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale |
| 2018 | Top Performer - University of Wisconsin |
| 2018 | Top Perfomer - Jardin Botanique Roger-Van den Hende |
| 2018 | Top Performer - Jardin Botanique Montreal |