I was so excited about this plant this Spring! I was only able to find one at my local garden center, so I scooped it up. I grew it in a pot alongside some generic salvia. I'm definitely growing more next year! It's always covered with blooms, and it doesn't seem to get scraggly like other superbells or supertunias. I cut it back a few weeks ago and it flushed out healthy and fast. It was hooked up to drip, but I only fertilized it a few times over the season. The colors are beautiful.
Superbells Magic® Pink Lemonade 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
This dynamic plant shifts its coloration through the seasons as it reacts to varying light levels and daylength, Superbells Magic Pink Lemonade. The large blossoms open lemon yellow and transition to a vibrant pink, with both colors continuously present at once on the plant, calibrachoa pink lemonade. Its fully mounded habit results in fabulous containers, but this colorful calibrachoa is also easy to mix with other annuals in container recipes. Like all Superbells, Superbells Magic Pink Lemonade blooms continuously all season without deadheading, making it one of the best low maintenance annual flowers.
Award WinnerContinuous Bloom or RebloomerFall InterestHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:ShortGarden Height:6 - 12 Inches 15cm - 30cmTrails Up To:24 Inches 61cmSpacing:8 - 12 Inches 20cm - 30cmSpread:12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cmFlower Colors:PinkFlower Colors:YellowFlower Shade:Pink and Yellow flowers are mixed on the plant.Foliage 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 annual flowers 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 for containers, including calibrachoa hanging baskets.
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.
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5443211Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
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Nicole Chew, Virginia, United States, 2 years ago
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I don't usually have the best luck with calibrachoa, but I planted these in a hanging basket, in crazy hot full sun, and had them set up on daily drip. They were amazing and just exploded with the sweetest color! I think this will be how I will have to plant all of mine from now on and I'm looking forward to it!
Amber, Utah, United States, 2 years ago -
I have this planted in three different places (6b, PA) and nothing seems to make it happy. In a full sun container, in a part sun container, and in full sun in the ground. They just seem sad. In comparison to the supertunias which are doing great wherever I put them, the superbells are a bust.
K Stoltzfus, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 years ago -
It's still early in the season, but this plant is a stunner. 2 or 3 colors on one plant, what more could you ask for?
Larry Notton, Kentucky, United States, 3 years ago -
Very pretty
Karen Doreen Ingram, Mississippi, United States, 3 years ago
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