Ten Royal Velvet Supertunias Planted In Island Bed - June 2025
More bedding annuals. This time, in the front of the Island Bed in our front yard. Which...is no longer an island bed as it touches the sidewalk and driveway on two sides. I have been planning on filling it up with some Seslaria and/or some other perennials. But, those plans haven't come together. So, I figured I should fill it with some annuals. Get a little bit of pop of color up there. For part of the front of the bed, I saw these Supertunias in dark purple. Called "Royal Velvet": Proven Winners says : "Supertunia petunias are vigorous with slightly mounded habits that function as both fillers and spillers in containers. They are also excellent landscape plants, best suited to be placed near the front of beds. They have medium to large sized flowers." That's exactly where I am putting them. I ended up buying ten (10) pint-sized plants and spaced them out along the sidewalk: When I bought these ten, I thought they might cover the whol...
