Petunia, Trailing Petunia 'Lemon Zest'

Fantastic yellow petunia with just enough chartreuse to capture my interest!

A new (2008) introduction from VIVA! (grown e...Read Morexclusively for Home Depot)

'Lemon Zest' Petunias have color that leaps out of the landscape! These petunias can grow into a wide mound and are easy to care for. Use in mixed containers, garden beds, and baskets. Feed regularly for best color and to maximize flowering.

All petunias want to be rose colored – that is sort of the natural color of the wild petunia. Breeders have spent years developing all the other flower colors – with yellow being the hardest color to make. When we saw this Lemon Zest – we just stopped dead in our tracks – it is a GREAT color. It is bright – the petunia holds the flowers up where we can see all the color – we really like this flower! And it is yellow! So – 2 things to do with Lemon Zest – first plant this flower as a highlight plant because it will pop in your landscape with a bright yellow – sort of like a highlight pen will pop on a printed page. Plant it in clusters or by itself – just dial up the color. Second – like all petunias Lemon Zest is a hungry. We find petunias like about twice the plant food of other flowers. So make sure it is well fertilized and when in doubt – feed.