Professional Growing Information My daughter and son-in-law gave me the PW hanging basket for Mother's Day 2020 and it just died the Fall of 2024. It was a 1-1/2 gallon white hanging basket containing Superbells "Evening Star", Supertunia "Royal Velvet" and Superbena Royale "Plum Wine." I had looked up the care and the life expectancy of these Petunias in the hanging basket and most garden sites stated about 2 years. My hanging basket lasted every year for 4 years and was beautiful and huge. I've still got the hanging basket with the dead foliage and will use it to plant these 3 flowers again. In the late Spring to mid Fall, it always had bees, hummingbirds and butterflies all around it.
Supertunia® Royal Velvet® II Petunia
View larger image: supertunia_royal_velvet_improved.jpgView larger image: shed_-_barn_10.jpgView larger image: supertunia_royal_velvet_improved_mono.jpgView larger image: royal_spark_0.jpgView larger image: night_moves_recipe_in_urban_parkside_white_01.jpgView larger image: shed_-_barn_11.jpgView larger image: supertunia_royal_velvet_improved_macro_02.jpgView larger image: radiant_rose.jpgView larger image: combo_evan_elenbaas_sm_2.jpg
Exposure
- Part Sun to Sun
Flower Season
- Spring
- Summer
Mature Size
Height: 4" - 12"
Spread: 18" - 2'
Height: 10cm - 30cm
Spread: 46cm - 61cm
-
4 - 12 Inches12 - 24 Inches18 - 24 Inches10cm - 30cm30cm - 61cm46cm - 61cm
Features
Supertunia Royal Velvet 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. The royal velvet petunia have medium to large sized flowers.
Best SellerAward WinnerContinuous Bloom or RebloomerLong BloomingHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryDrought TolerantAttracts: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:PurpleFlower Shade:Deep Blue PurpleFoliage 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 SoilUses:ContainerUses:Edging PlantUses:GroundcoverUses:LandscapeUses:Mass PlantingUses Notes:Use in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and coombination planters.
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.
The Best Petunia. Period.® Not to brag or anything, but royal purple petunia 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, Supertunias in 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 royal 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.
Supertunia® Royal Velvet® II Petunia 'BBTUN10102' USPP 32,688, Can 6,648 -
5541321Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
-
Annmarie, Massachusetts, United States, 1 year ago
-
Royal Velvet is a smallish supertunia. I put two plants into a hanging pot. They filled out and trailed nicely, and the color is a beautiful rich dark purple. They don't produce as many blooms as other supertunias, but they're nice. I didn't prune them much so they got somewhat leggy, and when the temperatures got cooler in September the older foliage died and the plants got even leggier-looking. But it's October now and they're still flowering nicely.
Karen Muse, Michigan, United States, 4 years ago -
I always look for Royal Velvet Supertunias as the main flower in my hanging baskets. It is the only Petunia that has a scent that lasts well into the fall. It is a tough hardy plant that hummingbirds love to feed from. When paired with Supertunia Bordeux it is a stunning hanging basket. I tried it with Supertunia Lovey Dovey this year and it made an eye-catching combination. Can't go wrong with Royal Velvet. !! A champ !!
ann warner, New Jersey, United States, 4 years ago -
I always ordered these for my beds at work. The fragrance is so enticing and people were always amazed that a petunia was fragrant. Royal Velvet fragrance has that come hither effect. Come close and sniff my flowers. I grow it at home every year and love how it just cascades out of my hanging basket.
Denise Schreiber, Pennsylvania, United States, 5 years ago -
This is by far one of my all time favorites. Reliable, tough, constant blooms. I always look for it as a part of the hanging basket that I purchase. One of the added features of Royal Velvet is the wonderful scent that it has. Most hanging baskets that I purchase initially have a wonderful fragrance, but that fades as the summer heats up. Royal Velvet keeps on giving off its fragrance throughout the growing season. To me, my summer is not complete unless I have purchased Royal Velvet Supertunias. Go purchase some. You'll see. They can't be beat !!
ann warner, New Jersey, United States, 6 years ago
Award Year Award Plant Trial 2022 Top Performer Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield 2022 Top Performer - In Containers South Dakota State - McCrory Gardens 2021 Perfect Score University of Tennessee - Knoxville 2021 Top Performer Dallas Arboretum 2021 Top Performer University of Georgia 2021 Top Performer in Container Annuals South Dakota State - McCrory Gardens 2021 Director's Select Penn State University 2021 Top Performer Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden 2021 Top Performer Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield 2021 Top Performer - Hanging Basket University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids 81 More Recipes- Tea for TwoRecipe
Sun12"Pot SizeSupertunia® Royal Velvet and Whirlwind® Blue come together to create this beautiful, eas...What you'll need:
-
2
-
2
-
-
