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| NAME: Calibrachoa |
| AKA: Million Bells, a trademark of Proven Winners that includes varieties of many hues. |
| VARIETY: Terra Cotta |
| TYPE: Annual |
| FAMILY: Solanceae or nightshade family; relatives include brugmansia, nierembergia, petunias, tomatoes. |
| VITAL STATS: Fast-growing, prolific petunia look-alike with fine foliage and 1-inch trumpet-shaped blooms that are indispensable in containers and hanging baskets. |
| NATIVE LAND: A new commercial species |
| BLOSSOM TIME: Spring through frost |
| BEST FEATURES: Unbelievable color that resembles its name, mingling warm shades of yellow, salmon, coral, orange and brick red in a single flower the size of a nickel; never needs deadheading. |
| LIKES: Full sun, but puts up with partial shade. |
| SWORN ENEMIES: Watch for aphids. |
| PLANT PARTNERS: Pretty on its own in what else? a terra-cotta pot, or perfect in a moss basket with other Proven Winners like Bacopa Snowstorm and Nemesia Blue Bird; glows next to Diascia Red Start and Fuchsia Gartenmeister Bonstadt; a knockout with white verbena and purple petunias especially the double-flowered varieties. |
| TLC: Water regularly. |
| HARDINESS ZONE: 9 to 11 |