Pretty in Pink and White: Gorgeous Striped Petunias for Vibrant Color

As a passionate gardener, I’m always seeking eye-catching annuals to energize my flower beds and containers This year, I’ve discovered the perfect pick – pink and white striped petunias! These bi-colored beauties combine visual intrigue with high performance If you love petunias but crave something more unique than solid colors, explore these stunning striped varieties.

Petunias naturally occur in solid purples reds whites, and other shades. Through selective breeding, growers have developed captivating varieties with stripes, speckles, veins, and multi-toned blooms. These novel looks add artistic flair to gardens.

Pink and white combos are especially prized for their candy-cane colors. They mingle the universally-flattering pink with crisp pure white. This pairing proves freshly modern yet feels nostalgic evoking saltwater taffy and carnivals.

Benefits of Pink and White Striped Petunias

Beyond their eye-catching aesthetics, these bi-colors offer other advantages:

• Extended bloom time from spring frosts to fall frosts
• Adaptability to containers, hanging baskets, borders, and bedding
• Tolerance for heat, humidity, drought, and rain
• Self-cleaning flowers that don’t need deadheading
• Attraction of pollinators like bees and butterflies
• Disease-resistance for healthy growth
• Rich fragrance on some varieties
• Range of growth habits from mounding to trailing

For dazzling color through summer and into fall, pink and white stripes deliver.

Notable Varieties of Striped Petunias

Many exceptional striped petunias exist, but a few standouts include:

Supertunia® Mini Vista® Pink Star

This compact selection forms a neat 8 to 12 inch mound smothered in tiny pink and white horizontal stripes. It excels in small spaces.

Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum

Burgundy-pink stripes dance across white backgrounds on these large, 4-inch blooms. The spreading 18 to 24 inch plants work well in borders.

Supertunia® Morning Glory Charm

Wide, vertical pink and white stripes distinguish this variety. The vigorous trailing habit is ideal for hanging baskets up to 3 feet long.

Surfinia® Pink Vein

Deep pink veining radiates through the white petals on massive 4-inch flowers held aloft on tall upright stems. It brings height to backdrops.

Growing and Caring for Striped Petunias

Petunias are simple to grow, but striped varieties need a few considerations:

• Site in full sun (at least 6 hours daily)
• Plant in fertile, well-draining soil
• Water when the top inch of soil dries, avoiding wet feet
• Fertilize every 2 weeks with a balanced flower formula
• Remove spent blooms to encourage new flowers
• Prune leggy growth back by one-third periodically
• Bring potted plants indoors before frost

Provide ideal conditions, and your pink and white petunias will reward you all season.

Designing With Pink and White Striped Petunias

Incorporating these petunias into designs is an artful endeavor. Some ideas include:

• Contrast pink and white stripes with blue or yellow companion plants
• Use repeating stripes to create cohesive flow through borders
• Intersperse stripe directions for visual interest
• Alternate mounding and trailing habits for dimension
• Underplant striped varieties with silver foliage
• Combine sizes like mini and mega blooms
• Incorporate fragrant varieties to also engage senses
• Allow blooms to delicately drape over edges of containers

With thoughtful pairings and placements, striped petunias become painterly garden art.

Why I Love Pink and White Striped Petunias

For me, pink and white striped petunias are total eye candy. Their sweet colors and painterly patterns provide artistic impact I find endlessly inspiring as a designer. Yet they remain easy-care, vigorous performers I can rely on to thrive with minimal fuss.

These saturated bi-colors feel fresh and contemporary yet also evoke nostalgia. They mingle beautifully with other plants but also make a graphic statement massed on their own.

With pretty pink-and-white petunias, I can indulge my playful side as a gardener while still enjoying flawless flowers until the season’s end. I hope you’ll find as much joy in these striped beauties as I have!