Fabulous and stunning color on a Wave petunia! The first Tidal Wave to win an AAS award was Silver in 2002. Now there is Velour Red with gorgeous deep red velvety blooms that don’t fade even in the heat of summer. Large flowers literally cover the vigorously spreading plants that rarely need deadheading because new blooms continuously pop up and cover the old, spent blooms. A perfect solution for the time-crunched gardener or anyone looking for petunias that are carefree.
Tidal Wave petunias are the tallest of the Wave family and bloom over and over all season long and recover quickly, even after hard rains. Tidal Wave is an excellent landscape performer, covering a large area quickly and beautifully.
Tidal Wave is also the recipient of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal award for performance in European trials.
Plant in full to part sun in a well-drained area. Because Tidal Wave Red Velour is a strong and vigorous grower, either add slow release fertilizer one time when you plant or fertilize weekly when watering will be beneficial. Deadheading is not required. For more details on using Tidal Waves, visit the Wave website.
AAS Display Garden- River Valley Master Gardeners –
Tidal Wave Red Velour petunias are easy to grow from seed and spread fast to make a ground cover that thwarts weeds.
Very striking drifts of deep red blooms that are so impressive, we are stopping traffic!
Zone 6a
Dave Hames –
One of my favorite petunias, and it gives us non-stop flowers all summer long! The swallowtail butterflies love it too.
Jason Reeves –
My home garden as well as the University of Tennessee Gardens I manage would not be complete each year without Tidal Wave Red Velour and Tidal Wave Sliver petunias. They are so easy to grow from seed and I love the way they grow up and out covering lots of area in a short amount of time. Unlike many seed grown petunias in the south, they look great right up until frost with no deadheading required. They’re excellent in large containers as well as in landscape beds. It only took three plants from a jumbo six pack to fill the front of this 30-inch pot.