Nothing but Calibrachoa

A well known journalist, lecturer, and grower in the Ontario flower industry figures that as growers, we should be growing nothing but Calibrachoa (sometimes called 'millionbells'). He's joking of course, but given their wide range of colour, non-stop blooming, and absolute ease for the gardener to grow, we understand what he's getting at! Just look at that photo! It's SuperBells White Calibrachoa from Proven Winners, just  a single plant growing in a 6" pot in our greenhouse. It has a mounded, semi-trailing habit, so it makes a great filler, and as you can see, trails over the edge of the container (yes, behind all those blooms is an ugly green plastic pot).

We are puzzled by something: it doesn't sell very well. I think it should be planted instead of Gulliver White Bacopa, because it has more blooms, and it blooms all summer (Bacopa is finicky and stops blooming in the hot summer unless it is babied along). We sell five times as much Gulliver White as we do SuperBells White. Maybe that's because we've been growing GW longer, and it trails more. Oh well, next year we are growing the trailing version of SuperBells White, so watch out Gulliver White, your days may be numbered!