Don't even know why I'm asking, there's some kind of petunia-killing fungus or virus in this yard, and if that doesn't kill them, I'll probably water them to death as usual in pots, an annual summer ritual that's usually complete by sometime in July. But just occurred to me this could look cool. I love it when people do "the opposite" with plants. Who's gone backwards with these?

No thanks--I'd have a nicer arrangement by using plants the way they naturally grow with a lot less work

I wish you a pleasant day of zero negativity!

I even built tiny ladders and strung Christmas lights to show they way, but the so-called Climbing Roses wouldn't follow.

Here's what you should do! Grow them "down" in a hanging pot... then cut them loose from the pot, put the pot on the ground... and say you grew them "up."

LOL!!!!!

What is UP with GW?.

Shear, that cracked me up, thanks! I know this is a weird idea, but was also thinking it's not so different from staking Delphiniums, Dahlias, Gladiolus. The more I think about it, the more it seems strange that there's almost a rule about NOT staking petunias when so many other plants would also be laying on the ground without intervention. Such a pretty thing, so hard to see as a sprawler on the ground unless it's a patch of several plants. (Speaking from the standpoint of the little, multi-pack plants.) In a hanging basket, the stems break often where they contact the rim of the pot, and can get heavy enough to split at the juncture with the main stem.

I haven't dabbled with the Cals much, most just look like little, faded petunias to me.

I love their stripes though... looks fake!

Why not give it a try and post progress pics? Pet's are cheap... your time is... cheap... LOL! (Kidding! Don't get all snippy! LMAO!)

Hey, don't rub it in, I feel lame about it anyway. Is that snippy enough?

I get those pots (have several) at HD for $19.99

You feel lame about what? I LOVE having all this free time!!
See, yours is cheap...mine's downright free!

Show us pics? It sounds awesome!

Such a pretty thing, so hard to see as a sprawler on the ground unless it's a patch of several plants.

I had to respond to this because one year I put some sort of cascading petunias in one of my vegetable boxes and didn't bother to clean it out for winter. The next spring I was pulling toppled dead stalks out of the ground and came upon a surviving petunia from the previous year covered in blooms! It grew into a huge plant, sprawling everywhere, like a low-growing shrub, and was covered in blossoms all season. It was one of the most beautiful plants in memory. It died the following winter, but what a great sprawling heap of color! So, technically speaking, you could say that overwintering a plant that nobody overwinters is breaking an unwritten rule with the result being a wonderful surprise. But yeah, no way would you get that in a season from a cell pack transplant.