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Pirouette Rose Petunia
Pirouette Rose Petunia is a showy hybrid annual that brings early, continuous color to gardens from late spring through fall frost. Its fully-double bicolored blooms, reaching 3-4 inches across, display striking rose tones that earned it an AAS Flower Winner award for exceptional garden performance. Growing 10-15 inches tall and maturing in 98-105 days, this easy-care petunia thrives in full sun across hardiness zones 7-11 and rewards gardeners with prolific flowering that lasts until the first freeze.
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Growing Conditions
USDA Zone
7-11
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Soil
Well-drained Loam, Fertile
Growth Stats
15 in
Height
TypeUpright
Spacing
14
Plant Profile
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Zones
7-11
Size
15in H x ?in W
Growth
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Care
High
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Highlights
This AAS award winner produces abundant, fully-double blooms with contrasting colors that make gardeners reach for their cameras. The bicolored petals unfold in layers, creating a lush, rose-like appearance that stands apart from the simpler single-flowered petunias. Early and relentless blooming means you'll see flowers within 100 days of planting, and they keep coming without the fussy deadheading some petunias demand.
Common Uses
Pirouette Rose Petunia shines in containers, hanging baskets, and garden borders where its upright habit and prolific flowers can be showcased. The 3-4 inch fully-double blooms make strong focal points in mixed plantings, and the compact 10-15 inch height suits both tabletop displays indoors and outdoor beds. Its hardy, continuous flowering through the season makes it a reliable choice for adding color to patios, entryways, and window boxes.
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Care Instructions
Start Indoors
Start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before your last spring frost. Sow seeds on the surface of moist seed-starting mix and keep them at 70-75 degrees Fahrenheit; petunias need light to germinate, so do not cover the seeds. Provide bright, indirect light once sprouted and keep soil consistently moist. Transplant seedlings into individual pots when they develop their first true leaves.
Transplant Outdoors
Harden off seedlings over 7-10 days by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions, starting with dappled shade and working toward full sun. Transplant outdoors after all frost danger has passed and soil has warmed to at least 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Space plants 14 inches apart in their garden or container positions, planting at the same depth they were growing in their pots.
Pruning
Pinch back seedlings once they've developed 3-4 sets of true leaves to encourage branching and a bushier, more floriferous plant. The upright growth habit means occasional pinching of overly tall shoots in early summer will keep the plant compact and promote side branching. Unlike some petunias, Pirouette Rose is known for continuous flowering without heavy deadheading, though removing spent blooms will encourage even more flowers.
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Scientific Classification
Petunia x hybrida
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Petunia
Growth Habit
Upright
History & Origin
“Pirouette Rose earned recognition as an AAS (All-America Selections) Flower Winner for its exceptional combination of easy cultivation and outstanding visual display. This achievement reflects careful hybrid breeding to create a petunia with the vigor and reliability that home gardeners need, paired with the striking double-bloom form and contrasting colors that make borders and containers truly shine. Its development represents the modern seed industry's focus on ornamentals that deliver continuous performance across diverse growing conditions.”