‘Surfinia’ Petunia has been the top-selling summer flowering trailing petunia for over a decade now, such as its ability to produce an unending display of incredible colour from May until October. It has been bred and developed to produce the biggest, best and longest display of any variety and its trumpet-shaped flowers even have a gorgeous sweet fragrance. On top of that, it is also vigorous and low maintenance, disease-resistant and also very weather resistant. It is because of all of these positive attributes you see planted in so many professional displays. Plant ‘Surfinia’ Petunia in any hanging basket or container with enough height for it to trail (its trails can reach over 90cm (3ft) long) or even in beds and borders where it will provide a colourful summer ground cover, smothering any weeds that try to grow. If you would like a truly impressive display this year with a torrent of flowers cascading from your hanging baskets, pick ‘Surfinia’ Trailing Petunia. Varieties Included: Surfinia ‘Hot Pink’ Surfinia ‘Blue’ Surfinia Red’ Surfinia ‘Blue Vein’ Surfinia ‘Snow’ Surfinia ‘Sky Blue’ Features and Benefits Best-selling Surfinia Trailing Petunia produce unending displays of incredible colour from May until October. Bred and developed to produce the biggest, best and longest-lasting displays - and fragrant too. Vigorous and low maintenance, disease-resistant and also very rain and weather resistant Included are 3 plugs each of Surfinia Hot Pink, Blue, Red, Blue Vein, Snow and Sky Blue Specifications Supplied as 18 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out. Availability: March to June Planting time: March to June Flowering time: June to November Model Number: 400881 Top Tips Dead-head when flowers fade to encourage more blooms. Care Information For most jumbo plug plant collections, the “mini Greenhouse” they are packed in will have a label on the outside, listing the individual varieties inside. We recommend writing your own labels out on receipt. Give your plugs a little attention on arrival - unpack them immediately, and either mist them or stand them in water for an hour - they may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover. If you can’t do this, they can sit in Mini Greenhouses for a week if upright and not too wet. We recommend that you leave them to settle for a day somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse. When you’re ready to pot on, use a good quality, multi-purpose compost, and fill 3-4in pots (7-10cm). Make a hole in the compost with a dibber or your finger, then holding each plug by its root ball, place it into the hole and gently firm the compost around it. For great results, we recommend using our Windowsill Planters or 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays. Give your plants good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry as they don’t like to be left in standing water. Grow either on a bright windowsill or a greenhouse for 3-4 weeks before potting up into containers or into flower beds. If planting directly into flower beds when all risk of frost has passed, prepare the ground well, removing weeds and digging in some compost or well-rotted manure if your soil is not already rich. Plant approx. 20cm (8in) apart to allow them room to grow. Feed using a high potash feed such as Blooming Fast Superior Soluble Fertiliser for Flowers & Fruits, to encourage flowering.
