Would you prune these petunias?

Hi all, I hope it's ok to post! New here so not certain if this is the right place, but I have some hanging baskets that are looking a bit odd :(
To make them neater, would you cut the petunias back?
I arranged them with the petunias in the middle and lobelias around the outside, hoping they would trail downwards. They are hanging south facing.
Would appreciate any advice!
Many thanks!

 

Hello and welcome to the forum

Personally I wouldn’t trim them at the moment … I think they look charming. It’s early in the season for hanging baskets to look their best and this year the summer is late starting anyway, and the whole purpose of a successful hanging basket in my eyes is for it to look a bit lush and ‘overblown’.

What I would do, if you can manage it, is to rotate the basket every week or so to … that’ll ensure all aspects of it get a roughly even amount of sunlight and therefore grow evenly , but please do be careful and get some help to do it if you need to … hanging baskets can be heavy. It goes without saying turn them before watering.

Have a lovely summer

 

I wouldn't prune them either.

Not all petunias trail down down. Or was it just the lobelias that you want to trail? The side that gets more light will always grow bushier so turning them, as @Dovefromabove says, should even them up.

 

Thank you both so much for your replies and advice! I did want just the lobelias to trail down, have seen trailing petunias as well. I did previously have petunias in hanging baskets, they just grew much more slowly, these ones have just shot up!
Will definitely rotate the baskets and will leave them be for now!
Think I may have overdone it with the number of plants in there though?! I put in I think 5 lobelias and 4 petunias

 

Its not clear from the photos but
could you hang them on longer chains?
hence getting them down more to eye level.