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Supertunia® Bordeaux™

Petunia

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Has soft purple flowers with a deep plum throat and veins. This award winner is vigorous with a slightly mounded habit and functions as both a filler and a spiller in containers. These petunias make excellent landscape plants and are best suited for the front or middle of flower beds. They are self-cleaning, long-blooming, heat and drought tolerant and attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Supertunia® Bordeaux™
Blossom Color Pink
Bloom Season Spring, Summer, Fall
Exposure Part Sun to Sun
Height 4-12 in
Width 18-24 in
Spacing 12-24 in
Container Sizes Eco+ Grande, 11' Mono
Hardiness Zones 10,11
Wildlife Attracted Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Wildlife Deterred No Wildlife Deterred
Features Has soft purple flowers with a deep plum throat and veins. This award winner is vigorous with a slightly mounded habit and functions as both a filler and a spiller in containers. These petunias make excellent landscape plants and are best suited for the front or middle of flower beds. They are self-cleaning, long-blooming, heat and drought tolerant and attract 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 hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and combinations planters.

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.

Learn more about petunia care in this in-depth guide. 

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2012Top Perfomer - Texas A & M - East Texas Bedding Plant Trial
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2012Very Good Perfomer - University Laval
2012Top Performer - Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Elm Bank
2012Consumer Choice - University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale
2012Silver Medal - Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden
2012Top Performer - Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens
2012Top Performer - University of Minnesota - Morris
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2012Top Performer - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
2011Top Performer - Kansas State University
2011Top Performer - Kansas State University
2009Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2009Best Varieties - Penn State University
2009Top Performer - Kansas State University
2009Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2009Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2009Best Varieties - Penn State University
2009Top Performer - Kansas State University
2009Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2009Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2009Best Varieties - Penn State University
2009Top Performer - Kansas State University
2009Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2008Top Performer - Michigan State University
2008Top 22 - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
2008Top 22 - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
2008Top Performer - Michigan State University
2008Top 22 - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
2008Top 22 - Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
2008Top Performer - Michigan State University
2007Top Performer - Longwood Gardens
2007Knock Your Socks Off - University of Georgia
2007Top Performer - Kansas State University
2007Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2007Top Performer - Michigan State University
2007Top Performer - Smithsonian Institution
2007Knock Your Socks Off - University of Georgia
2007Top Performer - Longwood Gardens
2007Top Performer - Michigan State University
2007Top Performer - Smithsonian Institution
2007Top Performer - Kansas State University
2007Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2007Knock Your Socks Off - University of Georgia
2007Top Performer - Longwood Gardens
2007Top Performer - Michigan State University
2007Top Performer - Smithsonian Institution
2007Top Performer - Kansas State University
2007Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2007Knock Your Socks Off - University of Georgia
2007Top Performer - Longwood Gardens
2007Top Performer - Michigan State University
2007Top Performer - Smithsonian Institution
2007Top Performer - Kansas State University
2007Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2006Superior Variety - Penn State University
2006Top Performer - Michigan State University
2006Best Varieties - Colorado State University
2006Top Performer - Michigan State University
2006Best Varieties - Colorado State University
2006Superior Variety - Penn State University
2006Top Performer - Michigan State University
2006Best Varieties - Colorado State University
2006Superior Variety - Penn State University
2006Top Performer - Michigan State University
2006Best Varieties - Colorado State University
2006Superior Variety - Penn State University
2005Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2005Top Performer - Kansas State University
2005Top 25 - Cornell University
2005Way Hot 100 - Garden Design
2005Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2005Top 25 - Cornell University
2005Top Performer - Kansas State University
2005Way Hot 100 - Garden Design
2005Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2005Top 25 - Cornell University
2005Top Performer - Kansas State University
2005Way Hot 100 - Garden Design
2005Prairie Star - Kansas State University
2005Top 25 - Cornell University
2005Top Performer - Kansas State University
2005Way Hot 100 - Garden Design
2004Top Performer - Kansas State University
2004Best Petunia - Colorado State University
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2004Best Petunia - Colorado State University
2004Top Performer - WeHoP
2004Top Performer - Kansas State University
2004Best Petunia - Colorado State University
2004Top Performer - WeHoP
2004Top Performer - Kansas State University
2004Best Petunia - Colorado State University
2004Top Performer - WeHoP
2004Top Performer - Kansas State University
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