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Calibrachoa Million Bells Crackling' Fire, Calibrachoa Million Bells 'Crackling Fire', with its bright orange and yellow striped blooms makes for a hot addition to your combo planters. Proven Winners® 'Crackling Fire' has a short (6"-10") mounding habit

Calibrachoa MiniFamous Double Blue, Calibrachoa MiniFamous™ Double Blue, is an intense blue (purple) double Million Bell. The full bloom makes a striking impact on combination planters and in hanging baskets. With their high tolerance to high pH, Calli

Calibrachoa MiniFamous Double Pink, Calibrachoa MiniFamous™ Double Pink, has large, pink, double flowers. The full bloom makes a striking impact on combination planters and in hanging baskets. With their high tolerance to high pH, Callies will do well

Calibrachoa MiniFamous Double Yellow, Calibrachoa MiniFamous™ Double Yellow, has large, yellow, double flowers. The full bloom makes a striking impact on combination planters and in hanging baskets. With their high tolerance to high pH, Callies will do

Calibrachoa Superbells Apricot Punch, Calibrachoa 'Superbells® Apricot Punch PPAF', produces abundant, small petunia-like flowers that provide all season color on cascading growth. This vigorous fast growing plant produces hundreds of vividly colored re

Calibrachoa Superbells Tickled Pink, Calibrachoa Superbells 'Tickled PInk' PPAF, produces a mounding mass of bright pink-purple blooms in a semi-upright habit. It is a great new shade of pink. The deep magenta center that fades out to a light pink edge is

Calibrachoa Superbells Trailing Lilac Mist, Calibrachoa Superbells® Trailing Lilac Mist, produces abundant small petunia-like flowers with deep lilac centers that fade out to light lavender edges. The cascading foliage is great for hanging baskets or co

Calibrachoa Superbells Yellow Chiffon, Calibrachoa 'Million Bells® Yellow Chiffon' PPAF, has abundant, small petunia-like flowers that bloom all season on cascading growth. Calibrachoas are a great low maintenance plant. Superbells® has a semi-upright g

Calibrachoa Superbells Tequila Sunrise, Calibrachoa 'Tequila Sunrise' PPAF, is a Proven Winner® plant, has undergone rigorous testing to be sure that it will perform in the garden under a variety of conditions. It has orange blooms with splashes of red.

The Coleus Dipt in Wine, 'Coleus hybrid', has large leaves of burgundy red with lighter veins running nearly the entire length. The bright gold at the base of each leaf extends to the petiole (leaf stem). These new, bigger, sun loving varieties have re

The Coleus Kingswood Torch, 'Coleus hybrid', has flaming magenta foliage that is overlaid with orange and burgundy. These new, bigger, sun loving varieties have revolutionized contanier gardening. The brilliant colors explode in sunny locations. Coleus

The Coleus Life Lime, 'Coleus hybrid', has chartreuse-colored foliage. These new, bigger, sun loving varieties have revolutionized contanier gardening. The brilliant colors explode in sunny locations. Coleus plants are durable and easy to grow. The coleus plants are a tender perennials. Frost will cause them to die immediately. Coleus plants are so colorful that many people keep them and use them as a house plant. These plants will do best in temperatures above 55 degrees. Flower buds should be pinched off as soon as they develop. If a coleus plant is allowed to seed, it has completed its life cycle and will die. Coleus must have good soil drainage. Poorly drained soils and excessive watering will damage coleus. Plants suffering from "wet feet" will be stunted, leaves will turn a muddy brown, and leaf margins will be scorched.For zones 10-11, this plant can also be a perennial.