Calibrachoa is a sprawling plant with strong stems supporting small bushy leaves and small but abundant flowers. The flowers are typically shaped like miniature Petunia flowers.

I’ve grown these from seedling for the first time this year. Largely because I’ve bought them in as plants before, love cascade plants, and petunia flowers. The starlight blue flowers are a deep, rich purple with a streak of yellow at the creases leading to a yellow centre.

My Notes for Growing

I bought seedlings from an online retailer. It was very hot the day they arrived so I planted them straight away in a wall trough. They had one or two flowers each when they arrived.

Planting

• The trough would be located at the front of the house where they get sun from early morning through to midday.
• Planted 12 inches apart
• Planted 2 inches from the edge of the basket to protect the roots and give them room to grow
• Ensured the top most roots had a 1cm covering
• Watered heavily

Tending

• Watered daily for the first week, particularly as the weather was hot
• Then watered every two days
• Grew very slowly for the first 4-6 weeks. Then became more bushy and produced more flowers.