I love this plant. I've never grown it before. I had it in a pot with Vincas, PW sweet potato vine and a geranium. It was getting a bit squished so I put it in its own pot. It was gorgeous...I say "was" because a deer nibbled on it. Grrr. Live and learn, right? So now it is on my porch where hopefully the 4-legged beasts cannot get to it. The color variations in the little flowers give great interest and it is a lovely spot of color and flowers among my other potted plants of coleus. I saw someone in Oklahoma planted in the ground with success. I may try that next spring. I'd try it now but husband said NO MORE BUYING PLANTS. :( FYI, I live in East Texas HEAT and humidity.
Superbells® Coralina Calibrachoa
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Exposure
- Part Sun to Sun
Flower Season
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
Mature Size
Height: 6" - 12"
Spread: 12" - 2'
Height: 15cm - 30cm
Spread: 30cm - 61cm
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6 - 12 Inches8 - 12 Inches12 - 24 Inches15cm - 30cm20cm - 30cm30cm - 61cm
Features
Soft coral blooms with a sunny yellow and red eye cover this mounding trailing calibrachoa plant. Superbells are best grown in containers where soil moisture can be more easily controlled, since they don't tolerate constantly wet soils well.
Continuous Bloom or RebloomerLong BloomingFall InterestHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryAttracts:HummingbirdsCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:ShortGarden Height:6 - 12 Inches 15cm - 30cmTrails Up To:18 Inches 46cmSpacing:8 - 12 Inches 20cm - 30cmSpread:12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cmFlower Colors:PinkFlower Colors:RedFlower Shade:coral-pinkFoliage Colors:GreenFoliage Shade:GreenHabit:Mounding TrailingContainer Role:SpillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Part Sun to SunThe optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:EasyBloom Time:Planting To Hard FrostHardiness Zones:9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11bWater Category:AverageNeeds Good DrainageUses:ContainerUses Notes:Calibrachoa do not like to have constantly damp soil. They will do well in the ground only with good drainage. For most gardeners containers are the best use for Calibrachoa.
Maintenance Notes:Superbells® calibrachoa plants are easy to grow and will flower non-stop from planting to hard frost if simple maintenance tasks are performed. Growing Superbells in full sun to part sun is important for their strong growth and bloom performance. They do not require deadheading, meaning the removal of spent flowers, to stay in bloom all season.
Calibrachoa’s roots are sensitive to wet soil and extreme soil pH levels. For these reasons, they grow best in containers with a well-drained potting mix such as Proven Winners Premium Potting Soil. If your garden soil is well-drained and slightly acidic, you may be able to grow calibrachoa in the ground.
Superbells calibrachoa thrive with average moisture and prefer the soil to dry out a little bit before they are watered again. They do not grow well and may develop root rot in soggy soil. However, do not let the plants wilt severely before watering again.
Superbells perform best when fed regularly with Proven Winners plant foods. At planting time, in containers and landscapes, mix Proven Winners Premium Continuous Release Plant Food into the soil, following the rates specified on the packaging. Reapply halfway through the growing season.
Additionally, Superbells should be fed with Proven Winners Premium Water Soluble Plant Food every third time you water or at least once per week according to the rates specified on the packaging.
By midsummer, it will be time to trim up your Superbells. Trim the longest stems, bringing them in line with the others, taking care not to remove more than 20% of the plant. Follow up by feeding them with water soluble plant food to promote fresh new growth and blooms.
Woo-hoo! There is nothing more super than Superbells. If there was a word that meant extra, extra super it still wouldn't be as super as we are. Calibrachoas are a new type of plants that sort of look like little Petunias, which makes sense seeing as we're related. Only Superbells aren't sticky, perk right back up after it rains, and stay compact and bushy even when we are stressed.
Superbells are Proven Winners' newest Calibrachoas. We're the ones covered with hundreds of flowers from early spring all the way through those first light frosts. Just 6 - 10 inches tall, our long, long, trailing branches cascade over the sides of hanging baskets and other containers, and spread over flower beds. Hummingbirds are cuckoo about us.
Vigor, heat tolerance and resistance to disease are traits we all share. So is being an annual except in zones 9 - 11. You don't have to deadhead old flowers or pinch back stems. Water only when the top of the soil feels dry. Too much water makes our roots rot (Ick). Full sun. Fertilize once a month. How extra double super easy is that?
Superbells® Coralina Calibrachoa 'INCALMIABE' USPP 28,036, Can 5,556 -
5441321Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
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Michelle Boatright, Texas, United States, 3 years ago
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Impressed is an understatement. I live in zone 7a. I planted two of these plants in my west facing flowerbed, straight into the ground. They not only managed an in-ground planting, the crazy heat and drought like summer and looked phenomenal.... they are now returning after no special winter care! Leaves are starting to make their way out of old stems!! We will see how things progress, but for what I thought would be a temporary plant, it sure is leaving a statement.
Amber Hampton, Oklahoma, United States, 3 years ago -
Favorite superbells color, only bought one last year and just picked up 4 more this year. Absolutely gorgeous and accents my purple theme perfectly. Healthy and hardy plant. My son accidently knocked over a stack of keystone blocks on top of it and I thought it was a goner. All the branches were smashed or broken. I trimed it up and it came right back. I can't wait to plant more. Enjoy.
JULIE WARD, California, United States, 5 years ago -
Picked up one of these in April. Already grown 50% by mid May in container with 2 other PW plants. The blooms on Coralina are huge for a callie and of a brilliant color. Slight variation in flower color from melon to almost orange but mostly the coral color. Unlike some callies, this variety is a sturdy version, similar in structure to the Lemon Slice callie offered by PW. So far my Coralina is more a mounder than a trailer and it is a bit more upright plant but for my needs this is preferable. Planted in mid grade soil and gets only water and fertilizer yet still performing well in morning/early afternoon sun. Still early but I will wager this guy will weather the harsh Washington summer and continue to impress. I recommend Coralina and look forward to seeing it perform in 2017. Matthew Lamb Frederick, MD
Matthew Lamb, Maryland, United States, 9 years ago -
I just got one of this color. It looks fantastic with my Honey petunias. Beautiful color to blend with other plants in yellow and oranges.
Sharon Ebel, Wisconsin, United States, 10 years ago
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