MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about petunias, ponytail plants, grapefruit and peach trees, crotons, ...

Want to fill your sunny patio with vivid hues? From contrasting color schemes to monochromatic looks, these flower ...

Do You Need To Fertilize Petunias? Most garden experts agree that petunias are considered “heavy feeders.” Since these plants grow quite quickly, the availability of nutrients in the soil is paramount ...

Five years ago, I introduced the garden reader to "The Little Indigo That Could." That little indigo named Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo is still doing it. Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo petunia, winner ...

The Mexican petunia or Ruellia simplex is a shrub boasting a profusion of Petunia-like, vibrant lavender blue flowers, two inches across, from summer to fall. Born solitary or in clusters at the tips ...

Supertunia Mini Vista petunias will reach 6 to inches tall and spread up to 24 inches. They will exceed all expectations ...

A garden has multiple hanging baskets with plants trailing from them. - Francesca Leslie/Shutterstock If you have hanging baskets or a container garden, few things are more perfect than trailing ...

Q: I'm in charge of planting the hanging baskets and planters in our town. All get full sun and need to be low-maintenance, at least in terms of pruning and deadheading. A landscaping company waters ...

Q: I have a Mexican petunia (Ruellia) that is about 4 years old. In 2013 the freeze caused all of the stems to die back. I cut all of them off at ground level and the plant grew back nicely and ...

An international consortium of researchers has sequenced the two wild parent species of the domesticated petunia. The genomes will be a valuable resource for the many scientists who use the petunia to ...