Select Seeds offers climbing petunia. I'm tempted to give these a try myself. Have ordered from them multiple times in the past with no problems - good company to deal with. :0)

Thanks for the help!

I understand money limitations, but is $5.75 (including shipping) really too much to spend on seeds you really, really want? Seed Savers Exchange has a wonderful, good strain of these petunias and would be much better than most (if not all) seeds off of e-Bay.

For other alternatives, I think Southern Exposure Seed Exchange also offers seeds, as well as J.L Hudson (listed under Kentucky petunias but I have heard that this strain is not as fragrant). Select Seeds sometimes offers plants of this strain, but to my knowledge has not actually offered seeds for many years. What they call "climbing" or "balcony" petunias are actually different from what Seed Savers Exchange calls old-fashioned vining petunias.

Hope this helps and good luck,
Ispahan

I just took a look at Select's 2012 catalog. Separate listings for seeds of "Balcony" and "Old Fashioned Climbing" petunias. Select's picture for "Old Fashioned" looks like the same color mix as SSE's, though of course variation in the seed strains happens. I got some "Old Fashioned Climbing" in a local seed swap in 2009, and that strain didn't grow well for me and the few flowers I got were less than outstanding in the scent department. Does anyone have experience with Select's strain?

Edie