^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants.Minifamous Double Pinktastic='Kleca18085'.Minifamous Double PinkMania!='Kleca16356'.Minifamous Double Light Blue='Kleca16364'.Million Bells Trailing Topaz='Sunbelrikubu'.The following cultivars are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:. They are suitable for container gardening and hanging baskets and will attract hummingbirds. They can be propagated from tip cuttings, but are frequently grown as half-hardy annuals. Plant in a free-draining soil and water only when the soil is almost dry. The plants can tolerate light frost and thrive in sun or semi-shade. Some Calibrachoa are cultivated as ornamental plants, popularly known as "Million Bells". This structure is due to walls perpendicular to the seed surface, which are straight in all species. The color of the crown can be purple, red, pink or whitish. The crown is funnel-shaped, only in Calibrachoa pygmaea it is salver-shaped, bulbous and tapered towards the tip. The calyx has five or ten ribs, it is usually lobed to about the middle, the lobes are usually narrowed towards the top. The flowers are usually zygomorphic, the bud cover is reciprocal in most species, the only exception is Calibrachoa pygmaea in both cases. The inflorescences are monochasic and have oppositely standing, foliage-like bracts. The leaves are ovate, elliptic, reverse ovate or linear its edge is flat or rolled back. Ĭalibrachoa was named by Vicente Cervantes after Antonio de la Cal y Bracho, a 19th-century Mexican botanist and pharmacologist.Ĭalibrachoa are small shrubs or herbaceous plants with woody shoot axis that grow annual or perennial. Petchoa is a hybrid genus derived from crossing the genetically similar Calibrachoa and Petunia. However, on further examination it has been found that there are major differences in chromosomes, corresponding to external differences and fertilization factors that distinguished the two genera. This collection has been reduced in range and price as SuperCal Petchoa 'Lavender Star' has sold out.Calibrachoa are closely related to Petunia. SuperCal Petchoa Collection Valued at $87.00, SAVE $4.50. Includes SuperCal ‘Artist Rose’, SuperCal ‘Premium Caramel Yellow’, SuperCal ‘Premium French Vanilla’, SuperCal ‘Lavender Star’, SuperCal ‘Bordeaux’ and SuperCal ‘Sunray Pink’. SuperCal Petchoa Collection, one of each variety separately labelled. They remain evergreen perennials throughout most of Australia but in areas of hard frost should be treated as annuals. You can enjoy a continuous procession of flowers from spring to frost without a lot of effort. They have a strong root system so will cope well in stressful situations. SuperCal Petchoas even have superior mildew resistance. Prune back as flowering starts to wane in winter and await their reshoot in early spring, you will have years of love from these plants.Īs you can imagine it is a difficult breeding program to merge two plants and to do it so successfully is a testament to the advancement of the nursery industry. You will need more water in pots to keep them happy and healthy as potting mix is perfectly drained. Water to establish and then keep moist in active growth. You can add a liquid fertiliser every other week to keep them blooming at their best, or use a slow release fertiliser spring and summer – remember they flower a lot so need a good supply of nutrients. Grow your SuperCal Petchoas in a sunny spot with well drained soil. They are frost tolerant and don’t mind the heat - in fact they are more tolerant than either Petunias or Calibrachoas. SuperCal Petchoas will soon be one of your favourite plants. Plus, the plants are self cleaning, so you don’t have the hassle of sticky flowers as you do with Petunias. The blooms open across three seasons and are fantastic no matter the weather the flowers remaining open, even after rainfall. You get the big flowers and easy growing nature of the Petunias and the colour, trailing habit and flower power of the Calibrachoa. SuperCal Petchoas are a hybrid of Petunias and Calibrachoas and give you the best of both worlds. The plants have a naturally rounded, well branched habit so there is no need to pinch out the foliage. In pots, choose ones that are around 30-40cm so that the foliage can spill from the sides. In the garden, place them around 40cm apart. SuperCal Petchoas are so wonderfully versatile, they have a semi trailing to trailing habit and can be grown in gardens, containers, window boxes, hanging baskets, as ground covers, garden edging or filler plants in your borders.
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