Not to brag or anything, but purple has been the royal color since the Phoenicians. You know, back in the Jurassic Period. You won’t find flowers anywhere that are a deeper, darker or more velvety purple-blue than mine. Since I’m also a Supertunia (the Queen of Petunias) it’s a given that I bloom from spring until a hard frost. As in a gushing geyser of flowers. I also have a queenly scent that’s especially noble in late afternoon and early evening. To show off my trailing habit use me in hanging baskets, containers or beds. As for colors, combine me with just about any—red, orange, white, pink, light blue, yellow, you name it.

Being a nonstop producer of large purple Petunias is labor-intensive (no pun intended) so please feed me once a week with an all-purpose liquid fertilizer. In return, I promise to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, shed old blooms so you don’t have to deadhead, and tolerate dry conditions.