Multiflora Spreading/Trailing Petunia (Petunia Tidal Wave® Silver) in the Petunias Database

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb Vine
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Plant Height:	16-22 inches
Plant Spread:	30-60 inches
Leaves:	Evergreen
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Bi-Color: Pale Lavender with Dark Purple Veins
Bloom Size:	1"-2"
Flower Time:	Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall Fall
Uses:	Windbreak or Hedge Groundcover Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds:	Provide light Needs specific temperature: Germinates best at 70-75 deg F Days to germinate: 7-14 days Depth to plant seed: surface sow Start indoors Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions:	Texas Superstar® AAS (All-America Selection®): 2002 National Other: Fleuroselect Quality Award

Trade name information:

Series: Tidal Wave®
Trade Name: Silver
Cultivar name: 'PAS97287'

Common names

Photo Gallery

This plant is tagged in:

Comments:

Posted by Joannabanana (Calgary, AB Canada - Zone 3a) on Nov 15, 2012 9:45 AM concerning plant:

Tidal Waves are huge plants and grow well in large containers or in ground. Form a hedge. The closer (min 12") planted apart the taller the plants. Tidal Waves will grow up a trellis too. A 3' or 4' trellis works great. They also make the most dense ground cover of all the Wave family petunias

Reply to this comment
Posted by hawkeye_daddy (SE Iowa) on Nov 5, 2021 2:12 PM concerning plant:

This plant is vigorous to the point of being weedy. It will smother other plants in a mixed container. The germination rate for me was very impressive at 100%. It is quite cold tolerant, having survived a week so far of sustained night temperatures in the mid twenties. I also grew the yellow version of this series, and can report that it did not perform nearly as well. It does seem to be as cold tolerant, but the germination rate was extremely poor. The plants stayed much smaller as well.

Reply to this comment
Posted by kqcrna (Valencia, Pa - Zone 6a) on Dec 4, 2011 9:34 PM concerning plant:

Tidal Wave Silver petunia was a 2002 AAS and Fleuroselect Quality Mark winner. Very easy to grow from seed, and it wintersows well. It is a huge spreading plant and vigorous bloomer. If it becomes leggy it can be trimmed by by up to half and it grows back and blooms better than before.

Reply to this comment

» Search the Petunias Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

Petunias Multiflora Spreading/Trailing Petunia (Petunia Tidal Wave® Silver)