The petunia was fine-tuned and submitted to AAS trials. PanAmerican Seed then partnered with Kirin to produce and distribute the “Wave Purple Classic” across North America, the story goes.

Wave petunias were introduced to the gardening public 25 years ago. Purple Wave was the first one in the series that was introduced. These are spreading type and made every hanging basket and ...

Want plants that grow quickly, bloom profusely with little care, and withstand South Texas summers? Then the Wave petunias are the plants for you.

This year they have chosen Petunia as the annual of the year. It is difficult to think of an annual garden or container that does not include at least a few petunias.

Petunias are classified in a number of different ways, depending on the flower size, plant size, plant growth habit, numbers of flowers produced, color and parentage.