If you’ve ever grown Wave petunias, you’re in good company. It’s America’s No. 1 selling petunia, and a new national celebration honors its 30th anniversary. May 3 has been designated National Wave ...

Consumers in the United States can now pre-order a genetically engineered plant for their home or garden that glows continuously. At a base cost of US$29.00, residents of the 48 contiguous states can ...

If you’ve spent any time on the internet over the past few weeks, you’ve probably stumbled upon the glow-in-the-dark petunia that scientists genetically engineered to emit a continuous green glow. The ...

The gallon pot of white petunias I held on an otherwise ordinary subway train, on an otherwise ordinary Thursday in March, would have looked to anyone else like an ordinary houseplant. But I knew ...

I broke with tradition this year and did not praise the best and brightest of the new petunias. However, I am still in awe of how well today’s petunias, especially my favorite Wave petunias, perform ...

Hammocks, watermelon, cotton candy and petunias offer irreplaceable enjoyment during the warmest season. As a lover of simple plants that do well, I’m fond of annual petunias. Grown for generations ...

A close-up image of white petunias with maroon centers - Nature's clicks/Shutterstock Gardeners looking for an easy, but pretty, heat-tolerant plant that thrives in full-sun have often turned to ...

Let me start by saying that, though I have killed many plants, it has never been on purpose. At least until this summer, when I found myself locked in a maddening dance with a “Firefly Petunia,” a ...

Petunias have never done much for me. If you had told me that one day, I’d fork over more than $50 for a single petunia plant, my eyes would have rolled out of my head. But this plant was special.