Calibrachoa 'Can-can Black Cherry' (Can-can Series)
mini petunia / million bells calibrachoa Can can Black Cherry
- Position: full sun
- Soil: moderately fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost
- Rate of growth: average to fast
- Flowering period: May to October
- Hardiness: tender (will need frost protection)
Dark, almost black trumpet shaped blooms, ‘Can-can Black Cherry' is a gorgeous, cascading summer bedding plant that is well suited to tumbling over the edges hanging baskets and pots and containers. More vigorous than the Cabaret series of calibrachoa, it has the same superb features of free flowering, well branched plants with season-long flowering even under wet, low light conditions.
Pot up and grow on under glass until all risk of frost has passed and they can then either be planted outside into a well-prepared bed, or used to fill decorative pots and hanging baskets for the patio. Pinching out the growing tips will encourage them to become bushier, and feeding with a high-potash fertiliser at regular intervals throughout the summer will promote even more flowers to form.