| Description | Calibrachoa ABC's A plant that looks and acts a lot like a Petunia but has smaller flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (cal-ih-brah-KOE-ah) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 8-11 |
| Sunlight | best in full sun. On cloudy rainy days the amount of open flowers is diminished |
| Moisture | average. quickly becomes root bound and needs additional water later in the season |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Growing Media | average |
| Flowers | Lots of small 1" flowers. A wide color pallet of cherry, rose, blue, bluish white, lemon yellow, pink, terra cotta, rose, etc. |
| Leaves | Forms a trailing stem that works in baskets and outdoor pots. |
| Dimensions | Stems can reach up to 20" in length. |
| Maintenance | Pruning to maintain the shape of the plant. This plant seems to get chlorotic. When this happens some liquid fertilizer seems to help fix the problem. |
| Propagation | cuttings and division |
| Misc Facts | Calibrachoa was separate from the Petunias in 1825. In 1985 DNA results were used to prove this separation from the Petunia's. AKA: Calibrachoa Terra Cotta, Calibrachoa "Trailing Pink |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage) , www.provenwinners.com) |
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