CALL ON CALIBRACHOA

Few types of plants have seen the rise to stardom that the calibrachoa has. The first plants trickled into the US market during the late 1980s, and then Japanese breeding brought about the first Million Bells varieties in the early 1990s. Since then calibrachoa have exploded.

The first varieties were such beautiful plants, but they were fairly hard to grow. One thing was certain: they did beautifully in hanging baskets and pots, but not as well in the soil of the garden. Happily, container gardening shot