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Inferno The Orange! Petunia

Inferno The Orange! Petunia

PETUNIA hybrid 'Inferno The Orange!'

Blooms Spring through Fall
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Common Name(s)
Inferno Series Petunia
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
6"–1'
Max Spread
12"-18"
Special Features
Great for hanging baskets
Garden Design Role
Hanging baskets, Bedding
Bloom Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Mounding, Compact
Drought Resistance
Moderate drought resistance
Bloom Color
Orange
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green, Purple/Black
Themes
Fire, Sunset
Genus
Petunia
Family
Solanaceae
Ship Size
4"

Inferno The Orange! Petunia (Petunia hybrid 'Inferno The Orange!') lives up to its exclamation point with reckless abandon — an intensely vivid, fiery orange variety that blazes through the summer garden with a bold, saturated color that is genuinely rare and remarkable in the petunia world. Pure, true orange petunias are notoriously difficult to achieve in breeding, making Inferno The Orange! a standout horticultural achievement as much as it is a jaw-dropping garden spectacle — one that brings tropical heat, sunset warmth, and unabashed garden energy to containers, hanging baskets, and mixed border plantings from spring through frost.

Grown from professional-grade nursery stock, Inferno The Orange! arrives with a healthy, well-established root system ready to establish quickly and ignite the patio with its extraordinary fiery color throughout the warm season. Its vigorous, mounding, slightly trailing habit fills containers generously and creates a bold, warm-toned focal point that pairs spectacularly with deep blues, rich purples, crisp whites, and sunny yellows for some of the most vibrant and energetic color combinations achievable in summer container garden design.

  • Genuinely Rare True Orange Blooms: Intensely vivid, fiery true orange flowers — a color genuinely rare and difficult to achieve in petunia breeding — deliver a bold, tropical warmth and saturated color impact that commands immediate attention and sets this variety apart from every other petunia in the garden.
  • Maximum Color Impact in Containers: The pure, saturated orange color creates extraordinary visual impact in containers, hanging baskets, and mixed border plantings — pairing sensationally with deep blues, rich purples, crisp whites, and chartreuse foliage for some of the most vibrant and eye-catching seasonal color combinations possible.
  • Heat Tolerant & Vigorous Bloomer: Maintains vigorous bloom production and the intensity of its extraordinary orange color through summer heat and humidity, delivering an uninterrupted fiery display from spring planting continuously through the first hard frost of autumn.
  • Mounding & Slightly Trailing Habit: A naturally full, mounding habit with slightly trailing stems fills containers generously and spills attractively over edges, making Inferno The Orange! an ideal bold centerpiece or warm-toned spiller in mixed patio arrangements, window boxes, and hanging baskets.
  • Professional Grade Root System: This plant arrives with a healthy, well-developed root system that establishes quickly and delivers reliable, prolific true-orange bloom production throughout the entire warm growing season.

This 4" healthy live plant thrives in full sun with regular, moderate watering and good drainage. As a tender perennial grown as a warm-season annual, Inferno The Orange! performs best when planted after the last frost date and blooms continuously until frost. Regular feeding with a balanced, bloom-boosting fertilizer maintains vigorous growth and the brilliant intensity of the true orange bloom color throughout the season. Mature height reaches 10–14 inches with a spread of 16–24 inches. Occasional light trimming encourages fresh branching and sustained flowering through the growing season.