About
This mound-forming perennial is often cultivated as an annual. It features trailing stems adorned with small, rounded leaves, and produces an abundance of pale blue-purple blooms with yellow throats from summer through autumn.
About the genus
Calibrachoa are soft-stemmed perennials often cultivated as annuals. They typically exhibit a trailing growth pattern, featuring simple leaves and trumpet-shaped flowers that resemble those of petunias, blooming for an extended duration.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Trailing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a sunny, sheltered site. Ideal for pots and hanging baskets
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, slugs and snails
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to grey moulds, foot rot and a virus