Dazzle Your Garden with Vibrant Red and White Striped Petunias
As a passionate gardener, I’m always on the lookout for eye-catching plants to liven up my flower beds and containers This year, I’ve become enamored with red and white striped petunias These bold, beautiful flowers grab attention with their unique bicolor pattern in an exciting color combination.
In this article, I’ll share some of my favorite varieties of red and white petunias and provide tips for using them successfully in gardens and pots. Whether you’re new to growing petunias or an experienced gardener read on for inspiration to incorporate these sensational striped bloomers into your own outdoor spaces.
A Striking Color Combo
Red and white is a classic color pairing that always makes a statement. Just imagine a candy cane barber shop pole or the flag of Poland. This striking duo evokes summertime and feelings of festivity.
In flowers, red symbolizes passion, strength and courage. White represents purity, innocence and perfection. Together, these fiery and angelic hues create an eye-catching contrast.
Petunias are available in virtually every color except true blue. But red and white varieties stand out with their bold, patriotic vibe. The neatly striped or picotee flowers look both fun and refined. Let’s look at some captivating options.
Peppy Red Petunia
An exciting striped variety, ‘Peppy Red’ features trumpet-shaped white blooms decorated with red stripes radiating from the throat. This multiflora type bears flowers up to 2.5 inches wide on mounded plants around 15 inches tall and wide. The prolific blooms last all summer without fading.
With its peppy red accents, this petunia definitely lives up to its name! Plant en masse for high-impact color or tuck into containers paired with white and blue companions.
Double Madness Red/White Petunia
I’m obsessed with the over-the-top, ruffly flowers on these multiflora plants. Each double bloom looks like a flouncy party dress. The color combo is classy too – a white backdrop with a central burst of rich red.
These abundant double blossoms reach 2-2.5 inches across on compact, 10-15 inch tall plants. With profuse flowering and great weather tolerance, it’s an exceptional choice for beds, borders, baskets and pots.
Madness Red Picotee Petunia
Another stunner from the Double Madness series, this multiflora cultivar bears semi-double flowers with ruffled, deep carmine red petals and a picotee white border. The large 3-inch blooms are heavenly scented too.
Though categorized as a mounding variety, these make great spilling plants for containers. I love combining them with white and blue petunias or vines.
Dreams Red Picotee Petunia
If you prefer single over double blooms, Dreams ‘Red Picotee’ is a spectacular option. Each massive flower reaches 4 inches wide with a bright red center and defined white edge.
These grandifloras bloom abundantly on full, mounding plants up to 16 inches high. The eye-catching red and white flowers withstand weather fluctuations beautifully. Use them en masse in sunny beds or mix with blue or purple companions.
Using Red and White Petunias in Your Garden
With so many sensational red and white varieties to choose from, you’re sure to find one or more that appeal to you. Here are some tips for incorporating these striking striped petunias into your own garden or containers:
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Plant in groups or swaths for a bold color splash. They look fantastic massed together.
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Use as edging along walkways, borders or driveways. The colors really pop against pavement.
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Mix with blue or purple petunias or annuals for a patriotic-themed garden.
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Tuck into window boxes or hanging baskets. Training some trailing varieties creates a waterfall of color.
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Combine with white and silver-leaved plants like dusty miller or artemisia. This makes the red stripes glow.
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Use as filler around upright plants in containers. Let them spill over pot edges.
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Pair with neutral greens like parsley or silver foliage accents. This prevents color clashes.
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Mass in roadside beds or commercial landscapes for an eye-catching display.
With proper site selection and care, red and white striped petunias will reward you with meses of vibrant, carefree color. Their versatility and vibrancy make them a fantastic choice for beds, borders, containers, and mass plantings.
Let these sensational striped bloomers put on a dazzling show in your own garden this summer! Your eyes will pop just like the flowers.
Easy Wave Red
There’s a reason Easy Wave® ‘Red’ is such a popular option. Several reasons, actually.
Even though it is a grandiflora, when it blooms, the bright, uniformly red petals cover the whole plant and drown out the green leaves.
Many grandiflora plants have a lot of flowers, but grandifloras don’t have as many; they tend to have bigger flowers.
The mounding shape is great for filling pots, and they grow quickly. With at least 10 hours of sunlight a day, they’re ready to bloom. Others need up to 12 hours to blossom.
They also spread readily, though not invasively, so the display just keeps cascading throughout the garden.
Burpee is ready to help you add wave after wave of blossoms to your garden. Grab four live plants to plop into your plot.
Pelleted seeds are also available from True Leaf Market.
1 Surprise Sparkle Red
The Surprise™ series perfectly recalls the experience of lighting up colorful sparklers on a warm summer’s night.
The bright crimson petals of ‘Sparkle Red’ have speckles of bright white on petite grandiflora plants.
Introduced in 2021, it’s the first red-speckled petunia to hit the market.
This plant stays about eight inches tall and spreads out two and a half feet, kind of like a creeper.
Petunia”s in Red and White
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