At the start of this year I became a faithful follower of “Garden Answer”…a YouTube video blog hosted by Laura and her husband Aaron from Ontario, Oregon. David and I actually visited this part of Oregon a few years ago when we were there for a family wedding. Watching Laura’s videos invigorated my enthusiasm this year to try some new things in my garden.

I thought all petunias were pretty much the same but watching Garden Answer I learned there are quite a few varieties. Proven Winners has a variety called “Bubblegum Supertunia Vista” which grows like no other petunia! Early in the Spring I was at Walmart just after they received a shipment of these petunias. In my enthusiasm I bought way more plants than I needed…but gratefully I managed to find a place for all of them around my back yard.

Along my gated side of my back yard fence I planted these petunias in baskets secured to the top of the fence. They get a good amount of sun throughout the day and I have managed to keep them watered fairly regularly. I have not been able to give them a regular dose of liquid fertilizer as recommended due to the heat and mosquitoes but they seem to be doing just fine. I did plant them in fresh soil with some slow release fertilizer in the beginning so that seems sufficient so far.

So come join me as we walk around the back yard to see these blooming beauties…