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Article: YOU WILL FIND REFERENCES TO `MILLION BELLS' IN NEWER GARDEN BOOKS.(Life and Arts)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- May 17, 2001
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Byline: MARIANNE BINETTI P-I Columnist
Q: I have been attempting to find information about a flowering plant called `Million Bells' or Calibrachoa. I have not found it in any gardening books, so perhaps it has another name that it goes by. Please advise.
- T.B., Chehalis
MB: You don't have the wrong name for this annual plant, just old gardening books. 'Million Bells' is very new to the nursery industry, having been recently hybridized and introduced as a relative of the petunia. The advantages are that the stems are more flexible, so hanging versions of these plants don't break as easily as petunias. They also are self-cleaning bloomers, so ...