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Tidal Wave® Red Velour Petunia Seeds
Winner of Top American and European Awards
There's just no color to equal it in the Petunia world, and it's non-fading
- Genus: Petunia
- Species: x hybrida
- Variety: Tidal Wave® 'PAS91421'
- Item Form: (P) Pkt of 10 seeds
- Bloom Start to End: Late Spring - Early Fall
- Habit: Spreading
- Seeds Per Pack: 10
- Plant Height: 16 in - 22 in
- Plant Width: 2 ft 6 in - 5 ft
- Bloom Size: 2 in - 2.5 in
- Additional Characteristics: Award Winner, Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Easy Care Plants, Ever Blooming, Flower, Free Bloomer, Long Bloomers, Season Extenders
- Bloom Color: Dark Red
- Foliage Color: Medium Green
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
- Resistance: Botrytis, Cold Hardy, Disease Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant, Pest Resistant
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
- Uses: Beds, Containers, Ground Cover, Outdoor
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Say hello to a new superstar! Red Velour has nabbed every top seed award in the world, and now it is ready to sashay into your garden. This amazing Tidal Wave® Petunia is spreading, but it can also mound up and fill the available space like a champ. It's the tallest of the Wave family, and of course no other color has its rich intensity, its velvety darkness. Add to this a few of its other many merits -- it's fade-proof and highly resistant to Botrytis, just to name a couple -- and you can see why plant judges and gardeners are falling all over themselves to sing its praises! Join the chorus -- Red Velour is simply incredible!
These blooms are 2 to 2½ inches wide, with a dark red color that even the strongest summer sun can't bleach. They arise NONSTOP for months on end, new flowers opening above the old ones so the plant always looks fresh and new, even when it's been going strong all summer. All the Petunia Waves are bloom machines, but Red Velour has taken it to a whole new level!
And as a member of the Tidal Wave® group, this is a taller, bushier, more substantial plant than the other series in the family. Expect Red Velour to reach 16 to 22 inches tall -- even bigger in warm climates -- and to spread anywhere from 2½ to 5 feet wide. The difference is in how you choose to grow it: space the plants a foot apart to create a dense, flowering hedge, or 2 feet apart for a lower-growing but equally solid groundcover. You just can't lose with the Tidal Waves®, which are known as "hedgiflora" Petunias!
Of course, bedding is only one option for Red Velour. While it's NOT a hanging basket plant (too tall), it looks mighty fine in other containers, such as a windowbox (and it spreads to fill one, too!). Flowerpots, tubs, and other combo plantings in the container of your choice really perk up with a wall of solid wine-red as the backdrop or focal point! The possibilities are endless.
Red Velour has been awarded an All-America Selection as well as the prestigious Fleuroselect Gold Medal, the two highest honors a variety from seed can receive. We are very excited to welcome it into our garden for spring 2015, where it will join its fellow award-winning Tidal Wave®, Silver. The two pair nicely, standing up to everything from heat and humidity to periods of drought and daily late-afternoon rainfall. These are unbelievably resilient annuals, and they belong front and center wherever you need some hot color in the sun. Order quickly, please -- Red Velour is certain to sell out, particularly in the pelleted seed form that makes sowing it such a breeze! Pkt is 10 pelleted seeds.
Petunia Germination Information
Petunia is the botanical name for Petunia
How to Sow Petunia: - Best sown indoors at a temperature of 70-75°
- Sow 10-12 weeks before last frost and expect germination in 10 days
- In order for seeds of double-flowered or F1 hybrids to germinate, they will need a temperature of 80°
- In either case, sow with NO cover as light aids in germination
- Petunia seeds are some of the only seeds that can be germinated in full sun
- It is not recommended to sow seeds outdoors
How to Grow Petunia:
Transplanting: Transplant when there are at least two sets of true leaves
Spacing: Plant out after danger of frost is past at 12 inches apart in full sun and a rich, light, sandy soil with excellent drainage
Soil: Feed monthly with a balanced fertilizer. The single-flowered forms will tolerate alkaline and poor soils
Temperature: For best results, grow on under full sun at 65-75° days/62-68° nights, however plants are tolerant of higher and lower temperatures
Additional Care: To keep plant growth in check, pinch plants back when 6 inches tall and again after the first flush of flowers. For conservatory culture: site in full sun, maintain 50° nights, and allow the soil to become dry between waterings
Appearance and Use:
Used in containers, hanging baskets, bedding, borders, and greenhouses. They are vigorous plants growing 10-18 inches tall and spreading to 3 feet. From summer to frost they are covered in slightly fragrant, funnel-shaped, double or single flowers that are bicolor or solid colors of violet, blue, red, pink, salmon, or white
About Petunia:
Pronunciation: pe-tun’ya hi’brid-å
Lifecycle: Annual
Origination: Solanaceae; of hybrid origin
Common Name: Petunia
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
Park Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
To make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
And many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier.
When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!
It is important for our customers to know that Park Seed does not sell GMO or treated seed.
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
Extremely small seed such as Petunias and Pentas are shipped as pelleted seed to make them easier to handle and sow. Pelleted seed are coated, usually with clay, to make them larger in size. After sowing, the coating will dissolve when wet and the seed will germinate. Pelleted seeds are shipped in vials placed inside seed packets, which protects them from being crushed. When sowing, be certain to use thoroughly moistened soil, to be sure that the clay coating absorbs enough moisture to dissolve. For sowing pelleted Petunia seeds, place the seeds directly on the soil surface and do not cover with soil, as light aids in the germination.
Say hello to a new superstar! Red Velour has nabbed every top seed award in the world, and now it is ready to sashay into your garden. This amazing Tidal Wave® Petunia is spreading, but it can also mound up and fill the available space like a champ. It's the tallest of the Wave family, and of course no other color has its rich intensity, its velvety darkness. Add to this a few of its other many merits -- it's fade-proof and highly resistant to Botrytis, just to name a couple -- and you can see why plant judges and gardeners are falling all over themselves to sing its praises! Join the chorus -- Red Velour is simply incredible!
These blooms are 2 to 2½ inches wide, with a dark red color that even the strongest summer sun can't bleach. They arise NONSTOP for months on end, new flowers opening above the old ones so the plant always looks fresh and new, even when it's been going strong all summer. All the Petunia Waves are bloom machines, but Red Velour has taken it to a whole new level!
And as a member of the Tidal Wave® group, this is a taller, bushier, more substantial plant than the other series in the family. Expect Red Velour to reach 16 to 22 inches tall -- even bigger in warm climates -- and to spread anywhere from 2½ to 5 feet wide. The difference is in how you choose to grow it: space the plants a foot apart to create a dense, flowering hedge, or 2 feet apart for a lower-growing but equally solid groundcover. You just can't lose with the Tidal Waves®, which are known as "hedgiflora" Petunias!
Of course, bedding is only one option for Red Velour. While it's NOT a hanging basket plant (too tall), it looks mighty fine in other containers, such as a windowbox (and it spreads to fill one, too!). Flowerpots, tubs, and other combo plantings in the container of your choice really perk up with a wall of solid wine-red as the backdrop or focal point! The possibilities are endless.
Red Velour has been awarded an All-America Selection as well as the prestigious Fleuroselect Gold Medal, the two highest honors a variety from seed can receive. We are very excited to welcome it into our garden for spring 2015, where it will join its fellow award-winning Tidal Wave®, Silver. The two pair nicely, standing up to everything from heat and humidity to periods of drought and daily late-afternoon rainfall. These are unbelievably resilient annuals, and they belong front and center wherever you need some hot color in the sun. Order quickly, please -- Red Velour is certain to sell out, particularly in the pelleted seed form that makes sowing it such a breeze! Pkt is 10 pelleted seeds.
Petunia Germination Information
Petunia is the botanical name for Petunia How to Sow Petunia: - Best sown indoors at a temperature of 70-75°
- Sow 10-12 weeks before last frost and expect germination in 10 days
- In order for seeds of double-flowered or F1 hybrids to germinate, they will need a temperature of 80°
- In either case, sow with NO cover as light aids in germination
- Petunia seeds are some of the only seeds that can be germinated in full sun
- It is not recommended to sow seeds outdoors
How to Grow Petunia:
Transplanting: Transplant when there are at least two sets of true leaves
Spacing: Plant out after danger of frost is past at 12 inches apart in full sun and a rich, light, sandy soil with excellent drainage
Soil: Feed monthly with a balanced fertilizer. The single-flowered forms will tolerate alkaline and poor soils
Temperature: For best results, grow on under full sun at 65-75° days/62-68° nights, however plants are tolerant of higher and lower temperatures
Additional Care: To keep plant growth in check, pinch plants back when 6 inches tall and again after the first flush of flowers. For conservatory culture: site in full sun, maintain 50° nights, and allow the soil to become dry between waterings
Appearance and Use:
Used in containers, hanging baskets, bedding, borders, and greenhouses. They are vigorous plants growing 10-18 inches tall and spreading to 3 feet. From summer to frost they are covered in slightly fragrant, funnel-shaped, double or single flowers that are bicolor or solid colors of violet, blue, red, pink, salmon, or white
About Petunia:
Pronunciation: pe-tun’ya hi’brid-å
Lifecycle: Annual
Origination: Solanaceae; of hybrid origin
Common Name: Petunia
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
Park Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
To make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
And many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier.
When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!
It is important for our customers to know that Park Seed does not sell GMO or treated seed.
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
Extremely small seed such as Petunias and Pentas are shipped as pelleted seed to make them easier to handle and sow. Pelleted seed are coated, usually with clay, to make them larger in size. After sowing, the coating will dissolve when wet and the seed will germinate. Pelleted seeds are shipped in vials placed inside seed packets, which protects them from being crushed. When sowing, be certain to use thoroughly moistened soil, to be sure that the clay coating absorbs enough moisture to dissolve. For sowing pelleted Petunia seeds, place the seeds directly on the soil surface and do not cover with soil, as light aids in the germination.