A plant that has grown on me due to its outstanding performance in my garden is Calibrachoa, also called million bells, or sold under the brand name Superbells®. Up until a few years ago, I didn’t ...

I love flower gardening. I recently planted these to outline my patio. Labeled a “Proven Winner,” they are not winning too well. I must be doing something wrong. Upon leaving my local florist, the ...

One plant that did well in my garden last summer despite the extreme heat and drought, is Calibrachoa (Million Bells). Up until a few years ago, I didn’t really use this plant in my annual beds and ...

Over the course of the last 20-30 years, calibrachoa came from Brazil to Japan, to Europe and America, and then into your garden. When you consider that most of our other garden flowers have been ...

While new flowering species are introduced on a fairly regular basis, very few have supplanted longtime garden favorites such as geraniums and petunias, says University of Missouri Extension ...

Although Tropical America boasts 28 species of Calibrachoa, the only plants you’ll see in nurseries are hybrids – and all of them are gorgeous. These short-lived perennials, sometimes called million ...

If you answered "calibrachoa," give yourself a gold star. You've heard them called "Million Bells" or "Superbells." A small, tender annual, calibrachoa is a powerhouse, churning out frothy mounds of ...

* What it is: A petchoa is a new type of annual flower that’s created by crossing a petunia with a calibrachoa. Petunias are trailing plants with many-colored tubular flowers that have been popular ...