Tried growing these in a container. I’ve already pulled them out. Even with trimming and fertilizing they just got thin and scraggly. Had better luck with the new Tiara petunias. Going with the new Tiaras next year.
Supertunia® Saffron Finch™ Petunia
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Exposure
- Part Sun to Sun
Flower Season
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
Mature Size
Height: 4" - 12"
Spread: 18" - 2'
Height: 10cm - 30cm
Spread: 46cm - 61cm
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4 - 12 Inches12 - 24 Inches18 - 24 Inches10cm - 30cm30cm - 61cm46cm - 61cm
Features
Supertunia petunia plants are vigorous with slightly mounded habits that function as both fillers and spillers in containers, making them a reliable petunia for containers and baskets. They are also excellent landscape plants, best suited to be placed near the front of beds. They have medium to large sized flowers. Supertunia® Saffron Finch™, a new sunny yellow Supertunia petunia with a full, well-branched, rounded habit, is also considered a fast growing petunia. Its flowers are a more intense yellow than Supertunia Limoncello, but they may transition to creamy yellow in southern climates.
Try pairing Supertunia Saffron Finch petunia with bold purples, reds and magentas for an especially eye-catching look. Its mounded trailing habit helps it mix beautifully with other medium to high vigor varieties in hanging baskets, upright containers and window boxes, where it shines as a petunia for containers and baskets, and it can also be used as a flowering groundcover. Like all Supertunias, you can expect this colorful new, sunny yellow petunia to bloom prolifically all season without deadheading.
Best SellerAward WinnerContinuous Bloom or RebloomerLong BloomingHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryAttracts:Bees, Butterflies, HummingbirdsCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:ShortGarden Height:4 - 12 Inches 10cm - 30cmTrails Up To:36 Inches 91cmSpacing:12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cmSpread:18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cmFlower Colors:YellowFlower Shade:Sunny yellowFoliage Colors:GreenFoliage Shade:GreenHabit:Mounding TrailingContainer Role:SpillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Part Sun to SunThe optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:EasyBloom Time:Planting To Hard FrostHardiness Zones:10a, 10b, 11a, 11bWater Category:AverageSoil Fertility Requirement:Average SoilSoil Fertility Requirement:Fertile SoilUses:Border PlantUses:ContainerUses:GroundcoverUses:LandscapeUses:Mass PlantingUses Notes:Use this sunny yellow petunia in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and combination planters, where it performs especially well as a petunia for containers and baskets.
Maintenance Notes:Supertunia® petunia plants are easy to grow and will flower non-stop from planting to hard frost if simple maintenance tasks are performed. Growing Supertunias in full sun to part sun is important for their strong growth and bloom performance. They do not require deadheading, meaning the removal of spent flowers, to stay in bloom all season.
Petunias thrive with consistent moisture. Do not let them wilt severely before watering again.
Supertunia petunias perform best when fed regularly with Proven Winners plant foods. At planting time, in containers and landscapes, mix Proven Winners Premium Continuous Release Plant Food into the soil, following the rates specified on the packaging. Reapply halfway through the growing season.
Additionally, Supertunias should be fed regularly with Proven Winners Premium Water Soluble Plant Food according to the rates specified on the packaging. For Supertunias growing in containers, feed every third time you water or at least once per week. For Supertunias growing in the ground, feed once every one to two weeks.
If you have been feeding your petunias regularly and they are getting enough sun and water but are not blooming, you may be dealing with petunia budworm. Learn more about this petunia pest.
By midsummer, it will be time to trim up your Supertunias. Trim the longest stems, bringing them in line with the others, taking care not to remove more than 20% of the plant. Trimming petunias in the landscape is not usually necessary but cutting them back by 20% can make the plants fuller. Follow up by feeding them with water soluble plant food to promote fresh new growth and blooms.
Supertunia® Saffron Finch™ Petunia ''Balcobees'' USPP 32,448 -
514312211Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
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Virginia Krull, Iowa, United States, 47 weeks ago
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Second year with Saffron Finch, second year of abysmal petunias. We are extremely familiar with supertunias and proven winners products .. this colour is not hardy at all and the leaves wither and go brown every year. Will not purchase Saffron Finch again. Grew 7,000 plants and this is the only one we have issues with.
Pam, British Columbia, Canada, 1 year ago -
I bought 4 of these from a local nursery and half have died. I had three on a scheduled drip water hose and one in a pot. Two in the ground didn’t make it. The first one that died only lived a few weeks. (Planted April 30th) The second one I noticed a decline in early July and removed it. I exclusively use proven winners petunias for years so I’m not an amateur. This new line of petunia needs more work and I wouldn’t purchase again until they come out with an IMPROVED version.The remaining plants have not grown like crazy like all my others, but have remained somewhat small. The color is beautiful, I hope they can work out the kinks.
Lindsay, 1 year ago -
Ordered this plant via Proven Winners in the fall for Spring planting. Received, planted, watered and fertilized. Unfortunately, after flowering the Deer ate all 7 plants, even pulling them out of the ground. I called Proven Winners, and relayed my story thinking they would replace those plants as they were advertised as Deer Resistant. No such luck, they quickly told me that DR was not a guarantee and made no attempt to replace my plants. This was my third year of ordering online from them, I like PW, mainly from watching Garden Answer. I thought they would back their advertisement up, sorely not. I won’t be ordering anything else from them, or purchasing their product from the big box stores either.
Glenn A, North Carolina, United States, 2 years ago -
This yellow is the best PW YELLOW yet. Reminds me of the yellow in lemon slice, but more intense. Utterly cheerful and dazzling. Great growth pattern for the pots they’re in, very long lasting blooms, have tolerated MI crazy springtime temperatures and generally just make me SMILE.
Ann P, Michigan, United States, 2 years ago
Award Year Award Plant Trial 2023 Perfect Score Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens 2023 Director's Select Penn State University 2023 Top Performer University of Missouri 2023 Top Performer Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield 2023 Top Performer University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale -
