Calibrachoa MiniFamous™ Vampire

What did we do with our hanging baskets before MiniFamous™ came along?! This Mini Petunia (Calibrachoa) is absolutely the best trailing annual for hot, dry, long-summer climates . . . which is just about everywhere! The most popular series in America, MiniFamous™ earns its reputation by delivering hundreds and thousands of brilliant blooms to hanging baskets, planters, windowboxes, and tubs all over the country!

Vampire is one of the brightest of all the colors, and don't the hummingbirds know it! These rich 1- to 2-inch blooms are saturated in radiant red tones, making them visible from way down the street or across the yard. And they look fantastic with just about every other color in the family . . . which is really saying something, considering how many there are! Imagine it glowing against deep yellow or double-flowered amethyst! Wow!

Like all the MiniFamous™ varieties, this plant is 6 to 10 inches high, with new 1- to 2-inch blooms coming up in the center all season long. (No flat-tops here!) It simply covers itself in flowers, and drops them neatly when they pass -- no deadheaded needed, ever! Expect it to trail 2 feet long (easily) and to bloom from late spring -- a couple weeks sooner than other Calibrachoa series -- through summer and into fall. Once it gets going, heat won't bother it, drought won't stress it, and hummingbirds won't leave it alone! For heaviest flowering, of course, treat it well, with good potting soil and plenty of water and food. But don't be surprised when it's the only plant still looking good at noon on that triple-digit-temperature August day! Pack of 6.