Comments on: Wave Good-bye to Petunias http://bertsbloomers.com/wave-good-bye-to-petunias/ The Official Blog of the Ten Minute Garden! Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:40:03 -0400 hourly 1 By: keith http://bertsbloomers.com/wave-good-bye-to-petunias/comment-page-1/#comment-380 keith Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:40:03 +0000 http://bertsbloomers.com/?p=454#comment-380 I am a near total novice who mistakenly went cheap and planted petunias in my concrete planters this year for the first time. I learned my lesson, they are now scraggly and gross looking. What would you recommend as an alternative that would flower all season, be somewhat tolerant to a few days without watering and be pretty low maintenance in NYC? Thanks, ~ Keith ...a new petunia hater I am a near total novice who mistakenly went cheap and planted petunias in my concrete planters this year for the first time. I learned my lesson, they are now scraggly and gross looking. What would you recommend as an alternative that would flower all season, be somewhat tolerant to a few days without watering and be pretty low maintenance in NYC?

Thanks,
~ Keith
…a new petunia hater

]]> By: Bert http://bertsbloomers.com/wave-good-bye-to-petunias/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Bert Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:21:52 +0000 http://bertsbloomers.com/?p=454#comment-358 Oh how happy I am to know that there are gardeners out there that feel the same about petunias!! Thank you!! Oh how happy I am to know that there are gardeners out there that feel the same about petunias!! Thank you!!

]]> By: Rosemary http://bertsbloomers.com/wave-good-bye-to-petunias/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Rosemary Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:05:31 +0000 http://bertsbloomers.com/?p=454#comment-357 I agree! Petunias are totally overdone, they are not at all drought tolerant, and they require constant deadheading. (I like deadheading, but it's not as much fun with petunias because they are so sticky, or slimy after a rain.) I agree! Petunias are totally overdone, they are not at all drought tolerant, and they require constant deadheading. (I like deadheading, but it’s not as much fun with petunias because they are so sticky, or slimy after a rain.)

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