5 double Calibrachoa or Mini-petunias collection

We offer you this lovely collection of 5 Calibrachoa or Mini Petunias with double flowers, in violet, orange, pink, and red, to liven up your balconies and terraces until the first frost. It includes 3 recent varieties from the 'Cancan' series, 'Rosies Blue', with an intense blue-violet color, 'Rosies Pink Vein' and 'Rosies Magenta' a MiniFamous Double Pinktastic petunia, all three in different shades of pink, as well as an excellent variety with ruby red flowers from the Superbells series. These plants require little water and light, have a compact habit and a neat appearance, and require minimal maintenance. This collection is sold as a set of 5 plug plants, one of each variety.

Calibrachoa, sometimes called Million Bells, are tender perennial plants often grown as annuals. Very similar to petunias, their flowers are smaller, their growth habit is shrubby or herbaceous with woody stems, and they have a smaller size and better drought tolerance. The hybrids that make up this group all belong to the Solanaceae family (like tomatoes) and are probably descended from an Argentine species called Petunia integrifolia.

The variety 'Can-Can Rosies Blue' offers small 100% double flowers, funnel-shaped, in a very beautiful intense blue-violet shade, and quickly forms a mound that is initially taller than wide, measuring 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20in) in height and 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16in) in diameter, then spreads out via its flexible and ramified stems. 'Can-Can Rosies Pink Vein', with the same stature and habit, bears small double flowers, delicately veined with dark pink on a background of soft pink, in the shape of flared trumpets composed of a small corolla of crumpled petals arranged in the center of a fused corolla. The Calibrachoa 'Neo Double Orange Tastic' produces countless small double flowers in a mix of orange, yellow, coppery red, and bronze, giving the plant a truly unique charm. 'Superbells Sweet Love' forms a pretty, dense, and slightly trailing dome, and produces an abundance of small double flowers with pink petals edged in white for a very long period. The double trumpet-shaped flowers of 'Superbells Double Ruby' resemble small roses in an intense and velvety red, on a plant that measures between 40 and 60 cm (16 and 24in) in height.

In these Calibrachoas, the flexible and ramified stems are densely covered with small, lanceolate, evergreen, velvety, and slightly sticky leaves of medium green color. The tireless flowering occurs from June until the first frost. Numerous small double trumpet-shaped flowers are born in the axils of the leaves; they are on average 3 to 4 cm (1 to 2in) wide. Unlike petunias, these calibrachoas do not need to be pruned during the season, which makes them extremely rewarding annual plants that are easy to grow and suitable for all gardeners, even beginners.

This delightful collection of Calibrachoa allows you to easily create a beautiful summer decor for your terrace or balcony. All five are perfect in hanging baskets, containers, or pots, but their drought tolerance and the excellent colour retention in shade also allow them to be used in the ground, where they form very pretty borders in flower beds. They can be planted alone or in a mix of 2 or 3 complementary varieties, in troughs, flower pots, or balcony boxes on the terrace, balcony, or patio. They are also good plants for a conservatory. Their association with Verbenas, Surfinia Petunias, and Nemesias is remarkable. The choice is vast and allows for imagination and the tastes of each gardener, even inexperienced ones.

Note: Attention, our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, repot and store them under cover (conservatory, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14C° for a few weeks before planting them outdoors once the risk of frost is definately gone.