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Petunia 'Wave Purple' (Wave Series)

petunia 'Wave Purple'

A vigorous, trailing and spreading floriferous tender perennial usually grown as seasonal bedding, seasonal ground cover or a patio plant. It has oval shaped, sticky and hairy mid-green leaves and produces gramophone-trumpet-shaped, pink-purple flowers around 7 cm across. Blooms from late spring well into autumn if well fed and watered. Its cascading habit means it trails or spreads around 40 to 50 cm so is ideal for large hanging baskets and big balcony containers, and also as ground cover in sunny, warm, well-drained locations.

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Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
1 year
Ultimate spread
0.5–1 metres
Growing conditions
Clay
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained, Well–drained
pH
Acid, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green
Summer Pink Purple Green
Autumn Pink Purple Green
Winter
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Exposed or Sheltered
Hardiness
H2
Botanical details
Family
Solanaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Trailing
Genus

Petunia can be annuals or perennials, with simple leaves and large, solitary, trumpet-shaped flowers in the upper leaf axils from late spring to autumn

Name status

Unresolved

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in light, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun, with shelter from drying winds. Plant out after frosts have passed

Propagation

Propagate by seed

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • City and courtyard gardens
  • Cottage and informal garden
  • hanging basket
  • Patio and container plants
  • Sub-tropical
  • Banks and slopes
  • Bedding
  • Flower borders and beds
  • Ground cover
Pruning

Deadhead regularly

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids and slugs

Diseases

May be subsceptible to grey moulds, foot rot and a virus

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