Wave petunias

Perhaps it means that they will continue to produce fresh flowers without having to actually deadhead the old ones? Normal petunias will fade away if you don’t deadhead. 🤞 I’m no petunia experts though as I avoid them like the plague due to the need to deadhead ….

Mmmm thats why I'd gone off them, so the wave ones seemed such a good idea. I'll try to find the article ......

I don't seem able to copy the link for the page, but I can copy bits ..... here's an excerpt, it sounds as though all that tedious snipping is a thing of the past
A huge benefit of Wave petunias is that they don’t need to be deadheaded. However, we find that cutting back Wave petunias will promote growth and encourage future blooms.
Cutting back sounds as though they're saying trim them like a hedge.
Bit misleading to my mind!/

I’ve done away with hanging baskets now Ex-dancer, but have had those metal trough things fixed below the 3 windows to the front of my house. I’ve got ordinary petunias this time, which have done well this year and I deadhead them morning and night.

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There are several types of Wave Petunias I think, including Cool Wave. I have planted Tidal Wave in pots for a few years and love them. They definitely do not need dead heading or trimming, as they are meant to climb and trail, and recover well from rain. I order the garden ready plants from J Parker well ahead of time to be sure they have stock, in fact I pre-order on New Year's Day and they arrive in late June. I have never seen them in a local garden centre. This year's were a bit disappointing as there was a high proportion of pale coloured ones, whereas I prefer the reds and pinks. These photos do not do them justice, but the first group has only one pot with 5 plants, standing with Buzy Lizzies, Osteospermums and Fuschias.

I gave up on wave petunias after 2 summers. I have much more luck with geraniums. My local Waitrose had some beautiful ones at the start of the summer and even with the heat they have grown in size and are always in flower. Another plus is that slugs don't appear to like the taste of them. Win Win.

Thank you Shysal you are right, its the tidal waves I need. I'll take a closer look at the Parker's catalogue when it arrives next Spring.