Supertunias are a longtime favorite of growers and home gardeners alike. They’re virtually maintenance free and bloom continuously throughout the season. Their large blossoms attract hummingbirds and butterflies. This year Proven Winners brings two unique Petunias: Giant Pink and Red. Giant Pink is an outstanding, extremely vigorous Petunia with very large, hot-pink flowers that makes a beautiful hanging basket in record time. Even more exciting is our new red. Finally vegetative petunias with a great red color that perform all season. Great in both baskets and pots.

Features Vigorous and free-flowering with large pink flowers all season; fertilize often • Attracts Butterflies • Attracts Hummingbirds • Deadheading Not Necessary • Drought Tolerant * • Heat Tolerant • Landscape Plant • Pet Friendly *Even drought tolerant annual and perennial plants will need water for the first few weeks while they get established. Shrubs and trees will need to be watered for the first year after they are planted. After this, little or no supplemental water will be necessary when planted in the ground. No plant is truly drought tolerant in a container; water is necessary for all plants in containers. Ornamental Characteristics Flower Color Pink Foliage Color Green Height 6-10" (Short) Spacing 8-12" Habit Trailing Trails Up To 48 Container Plant Style Spiller - Trails over the side of a container Patent Information Supertunia® Giant Pink 'USTUNI153' US PP14,856; Can. PBR 1934

Plant Needs Duration Annual Bloom Time Planting to Hard Frost Zone(s) Annual except in zones 10 - 11 Hardy Temp 30°F (-1°C) Exposure Full sun Water Needs Normal Maintenance Easy Uses Landscapes and containers Use in hanging baskets, window boxes and landscaping

Growing Tips Self-cleaning no deadheading necessary, this is not necessarily true of all Petunias. Late July and August is when plants should be at their best, but there is only one problem: The plants have run out of energy and the gardeners realize it too late to help the plants recover. This is especially true in raised containers and hanging baskets. Here is the best way to keep your Petunias in the Super category. 1. When you buy them in the spring, buy a slow release fertilizer to top dress the basket or container. If you plant your own basket, incorporate some of the slow release fertilizer in the soil as you plant. Follow the package directions. 2. In May fertilize with a water-soluble fertilizer once every two weeks. Mix up the fertilizer and water the plants just like you would if you were using clear water. It normally takes a good half of gallon of water To really water a 10" wide basket or raised container. 3. In June as the weather starts to get warm to hot, fertilize weekly, again with a good soaking. If the weather turns really hot as it sometimes does in Late June you may need to fertilize every third watering. By now the Supertunia is really growing and starting to tumble down from the basket or fill out across the flowerbed. 4. July is when the cutting back occurs. Around the 4th of July, (after your big party) get some of the slow release fertilizer that you bought in spring and re-apply across the top of the planter. At the same time, trim back some of the longer branches just enough to bring the plant back in line with the bottom of the pot or basket. Don't remove too much at the maximum cut back 20% of the branches or 1 in five shoots. You can also just give it a general light trim. Your plant will be out of flower for a few days, but will come back stronger than ever. By now with July's heat you should be watering at least every other day and begin to fertilize every other watering. I know it sounds like a lot, but if you want a plant to grow like an elephant and be the most it can be, you got to feed it like an elephant! 5. August is, hot, humid, & sometimes with monsoons. Keep up the water and fertilizing, and again, if the plant starts to look straggly remove a few more branches but never more than 20% or give it a general trim as before. 6. It is September and the plants should still look good, start to back off the watering and the feed, but shape the basket with the last pruning of the season. I know it sounds like a lot of work, but it really is a labor of love. I fertilize my baskets and my garden every time I water, and I water daily from mid July through August. I recently invested in the WaterWise irrigation system and let me tell you it really works. You will find that your Supertunias, along with all the rest of your plants will keep looking fantastic through September and perhaps with the luck of a gardener and a late frost maybe even into October.

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Other Colors In Supertunia® Series

Year	Award	Trial
2009	Prairie Star	Kansas State University
2007	Top Performer	Kansas State University
2007	Prairie Star	Kansas State University
2005	Prairie Star	Kansas State University
2005	Top 25	Cornell
2005	Top Performer	Kansas State University
2005	Way Hot 100	Garden Design
2004	Top Performer	Kansas State University