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Bedding

Petunia Surfinia Deep Red ('Sunsurf Akatora'PBR) (Surfinia Series)
  • RHS AGM

A vigorous, trailing and slightly mounding, early flowering variety of this popular tender perennial, usually grown as seasonal bedding or a patio plant. The plant can reach a height of 20-30cm and has oval-shaped, sticky and hairy mid-green leaves and produces striking, velvety, gramophone-trumpet-shaped, rich red flowers that are around 5.5cm across. It blooms from late spring into autumn. It trails or spreads around 30 cm to 40 cm so is ideal for hanging baskets and containers and as seasonal ground cover in very sunny, warm, well-drained spots .

Synonyms
Petunia 'Sunsurf Akatora'PBR
Petunia Surfinia Trailing Deep Red
Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
1 year
Ultimate spread
0.1–0.5 metres
Growing conditions
Clay
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained, Well–drained
pH
Acid, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green
Summer Red Green
Autumn Red Green
Winter
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Exposed or Sheltered
Hardiness
H2
Botanical details
Family
Solanaceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Trailing
Genus

Petunia can be annuals or perennials, with simple leaves and large, solitary, trumpet-shaped flowers in the upper leaf axils from late spring to autumn

Name status

Trade

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How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in light, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun, with shelter from drying winds. Plant out after frosts have passed

Propagation

Propagate by seed

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • City and courtyard gardens
  • Cottage and informal garden
  • hanging basket
  • Patio and container plants
  • Sub-tropical
  • Bedding
  • Flower borders and beds
  • Ground cover
  • Banks and slopes
Pruning

Deadhead regularly

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids and slugs

Diseases

May be subsceptible to grey moulds, foot rot and a virus

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