Fayetteville, AR (Zone 6b) | November 2020 | positive
Multiple deep purple blooms on huge sprawling bushes.
Grew these from a seed mix that was supposed to have white, pink, m...Read Moreagenta, and purple. Most of mine were deep purple along with a few magenta, and only one pink. No white ones at all.
The seedlings got off to a very slow start in the cool wet weather, but then grew like weeds when the Summer heat rolled in.
Very pleasant fragrance!
I enjoyed growing these petunias so much, I cut them back before first frost and brought them in to overwinter inside the house.
Would love to have a White "Laura Bush" petunia in case anyone out there has a cutting or some seeds they would like to trade for the purple and pink ones.
They do have an amazing iridescent sheen that glows in the sunlight along with an intoxicating vanilla/gardenia-like fragrance like no other petunia I have ever grown.
Very pleased with the "Laura Bush" Petunias, and dreaming of adding some white ones to my collection next year if I can find any.
Planted in less than ideal conditions, sprinkled a few of the microscopic seeds in several bare spots about a month ago. They are up and ...Read Moreabout, and first bloom is crazy darkish purple with some reds. They are in some small drain spots and their still fighting away fine. They should be completely grown by mid summer at the rate their growing. I can see they are taller about every other day. Plants are acting quite hardy. Please note I had no luck with the seed spread last winter at all, it could have been the heavy rains or the unusually cold conditions that knocked them out. Color is amazing and the leaf out is more pleasant than most wildflowers, I wish I had more seed when I did my second run.
I wouldn't be without it! And I don't have to because if I let it go to seed at the end of the season, it comes back on it's own. Holds u...Read Morep well and smells wonderful in the evening. Laura Bush Pink is just as nice with a lighter pink color. You can buy seed for both from wildseedfarms.com.
This one truly does stand up to the heat and intense southern sun, unlike other petunias. Does like to be pruned back occasionally to pr...Read Moreevent lankyness and being whipped around and sometimes broken in storms.
Perennial in my garden and blooms all summer long, even in July.
For the past 3 years, 'Laura Bush' has been one of the stars of my insufferably hot and humid Southeast Zone 8 gardens. Easy to grow by ...Read Morewinter sown seeds with the only maintenance being a monthly trimming back, 'Laura Bush' is a cinch. NO DEADHEADING! My sandy soil seems to be just what she likes, even when cooked by the reflected heat of asphalt and concrete. Excellent doer.
I made cuttings over the winter and a few survived. They were leggy and pale but once the warm weather came they bloomed like crazy and f...Read Moreilled out the container.
Laura Bush petunias are excellent fillers in my daylily beds here in East Texas. When they get leggy, I just cut them back and it's not l...Read Moreong till they are in full bloom.
Multiple deep purple blooms on huge sprawling bushes.
Grew these from a seed mix that was supposed to have white, pink, m...Read More
Planted in less than ideal conditions, sprinkled a few of the microscopic seeds in several bare spots about a month ago. They are up and ...Read More
I wouldn't be without it! And I don't have to because if I let it go to seed at the end of the season, it comes back on it's own. Holds u...Read More
what a lovely petunia this is, a veritable blooming machine. No garden should be w/o it.
This one truly does stand up to the heat and intense southern sun, unlike other petunias. Does like to be pruned back occasionally to pr...Read More
For the past 3 years, 'Laura Bush' has been one of the stars of my insufferably hot and humid Southeast Zone 8 gardens. Easy to grow by ...Read More
I made cuttings over the winter and a few survived. They were leggy and pale but once the warm weather came they bloomed like crazy and f...Read More
Laura Bush petunias are excellent fillers in my daylily beds here in East Texas. When they get leggy, I just cut them back and it's not l...Read More