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 ...
Here is video 3 of 8 of awesome new plants worth growing in your garden. The Million Bells from the Minifamous Series are ...
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 ...
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 ...
Norman Winter is a horticulturist. He is a former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. Follow him on Facebook at Norman Winter “The Garden Guy.” See ...
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 ...
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 ...
* 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 ...
Since 2018, Superbells Double calibrachoa varieties have won 67 awards, yet in my travels, gardeners seem to rarely venture off the single-petaled path. I admit I have a flaming passion for the punch ...