Proven Winners? Definitely.

It all started last year with some innocent enough plant browsing. We all do it. At that time annuals other than impatiens were not on my radar. I thought they were a waste of money and probably too hard to grow. (What was I thinking, right?!)

So I walk by the marked down section, and among the totally dead plants was this little plant, obviously parched and pale and 50 cents. I figured that the effort I'd put into resuscitating the plant would be worth the small price.

Nothing but NJ dirt + water + sunlight later and:

Where'd that Marta come from?

It was like I had a freshly purchased plant. I was captivated with the habit and the happy pink flowers.

Even later on:

...and that's with out cutting them back or fertilizing all summer! At that point, I didn't know it was a good idea to. I did however sprinkle garlic powder on them to keep the deer from sampling them. So that's where this obsession with this particular color of Supertunia and in general Supertunias comes from. These pink ones are Supertunia Vista Bubblegum. I'm growing these again this year as well as other Supertunias. So far they haven't let me down. 

Here's "Bordeaux" and "Vista Silverberry" in the background. I'll have to get a better photo of those guys later.