Calibrachoa Eyeconic Purple - Mini-Petunia

The Calibrachoa Eyeconic Purple is part of a series of quite spectacular Mini-Petunias that produce generous sized blooms with remarkably contrasting colours, which remain open from morning to evening. Eyeconic Purple Calibrachoas bear abundant pale mauve flowers with a violet throat on very pretty cushion-shaped plants. Floriferous, exotic, and colourful, this Calibrachoa creates a sensation in hanging baskets and flower pots throughout the summer. It is a generous annual that is very easy to grow in the sun, in any light, fertile soil that is not too dry.

Calibrachoa, sometimes called Million Bells, are frost-sensitive perennial plants often grown as annuals. Very similar to Petunias, they differ in the number of chromosomes that make up their genetic heritage and some morphological characteristics: their flowers are smaller, their growth habit is shrub-like or herbaceous with woody stems, their development is less significant, and they tolerate drought better. The hybrids that make up this group all belong to the solanaceae family (like tomatoes) and probably descend from an Argentinian species called Petunia integrifolia.

The 'Eyeconic Purple' variety quickly forms a dense dome that is wider than it is tall, reaching a height of 30 cm (1 ft) and a diameter of 35-40 cm (13.8 - 15.7 in). Its flexible stems are densely covered with small, persistent, fuzzy, and slightly sticky lanceolate leaves of a medium green colour. It flowers tirelessly from June until the first frosts. Numerous solitary funnel-shaped, pale mauve flowers about 4 cm (1.6 in) wide arise from the axil of the leaves, surrounding a tiny golden yellow throat encircled by a wide violet ring. Unlike Petunias, these Calibrachoa plants do not need to be pruned or pinched during the season.

The Calibrachoa 'Eyeconic Purple' is ideal for hanging baskets, planters, or pots, but its heat and drought tolerance as well as its vigour, also allow it to be used in the ground, where it forms very pretty borders and spots of intense colour in flower beds. It can be planted alone or accompanied by 2 or 3 other varieties with complementary colours (pink, yellow, white), in vases, flower pots, planters on terraces, balconies, or patios. Calibrachoas are also good veranda plants. Their combination with verbenas, surfinia petunias, double bacopas, and nemesias is stunning. The choice is vast and allows for imagination and the tastes of every gardener, even inexperienced ones.

Please note: our young plants in mini-pots are professional products intended for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transfer and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame...) at a temperature above 14C° (>57.2 F) for a few weeks before planting outdoors once the risk of frosts has definitively passed.