MiniFamous Compact Orange Calibrachoa


Description

Height: 10 inches

Spread: 12 inches

Hardiness Zone: (annual)

Other Names: Million Bells, Mini Petunia

Group/Class: MiniFamous Series

Brand: Ball

Ornamental Features:

MiniFamous Compact Orange Calibrachoa is blanketed in stunning orange trumpet-shaped flowers with scarlet throats and scarlet stripes at the ends of the stems from late spring to early fall. It's small pointy leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

MiniFamous Compact Orange Calibrachoa is a dense herbaceous annual bedding plant with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This annual bedding plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds and bees to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

MiniFamous Compact Orange Calibrachoa is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Container Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Border Edging
  • Mass Planting
  • Hanging Baskets

Plant Characteristics:

MiniFamous Compact Orange Calibrachoa will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This annual bedding plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by cuttings.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.


Details

Date Added 2016-11-08
Product Id 10356091