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 ...

The National Garden Bureau has named calibrachoa the “Annual of the Year.” What are calibrachoas? You might be more familiar with their current popular name “million bells” or “mini-petunias” as they ...

Seedlings will begin to sprout in about 10-14 days. It takes about 8-10 weeks to raise full-grown plants, so plan accordingly. Growing calibrachoa requires full sun, at least 6 hours of direct sun ...

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 ...

* 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 ...

It looks like a miniature petunia. It grows like a regular petunia. But calibrachoa, the new kid on the block, belongs to a group all its own. Offered for sale for the first time just a few years ago, ...

This year the National Garden Bureau features Calibrachoa, often called trailing petunia, as its annual flower of the year. Few plants have seen a rise to stardom like Calibrachoa. The first plants ...

The Garden Guy has been working on a project and the number I came up with is 1340. It is not my address, and the number wasn’t the assignment, but part of my own research to help me get started. That ...