Like Rapunzel's golden hair, I have hopes that the wave petunias I planted in window box #1 will grow their vines down the side of our deck's railing.
Last year, our neighbors across the way had the most beautiful window boxes of pink petunias and sweet potato vine that managed to climb down the entire length of their railing.
I'm hoping to achieve similar results with our purple petunias. While we had white petunias last year, they did not manage the same results because they were not the "wave" kind, so they grew straight up rather than down.
So far, we seem to be on target. The petunias are monsters (even overrunning the poor pansies) and seem to be cooperating with my plan.
My only question is whether I'm supposed to "coach" them along as they seem to grow in every direction. I've been trying to gently coax them downward, but they have strong, heavy vines (that are also really sticky) and it's hard to push them.
All in all, I really love the look of these sprawling vines, so I'm thinking about adding petunia window boxes to the other sides of our deck if these continue to thrive.
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