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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* 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 ...

The dreary conditions of winter have made me ready for the warm days of spring and summer. I’ve been giving a lot thought to the types of plants that provide maximum color with minimum effort. As much ...

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 ...

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 ...