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Annual Yellow & White Striped Calibrachoa Seeds – Calibrachoa hybrida – Cascading Million Bells Trumpet Blooms with Trailing Mounding Habit.
🌸Cascading Candy-Cane Stripes for Your Hanging Baskets & Containers
Bring a cheerful, cascading cascade of sunshine stripes to your patios and hanging baskets with our Annual Yellow & White Striped Calibrachoa (Calibrachoa hybrida) Seeds. Also known as Million Bells, this spectacular trailing annual produces small, trumpet-shaped blooms in a vibrant, candy-cane-like pattern of bright lemon-yellow and crisp white stripes radiating from a green-yellow throat. The bright, cheerful pattern creates a stunning, high-contrast display that instantly brightens up any space from late spring until the first frost.
This variety is specifically bred for a lush, trailing, cascading habit, reaching 6–10 inches tall and trailing 12–18 inches. It creates the ultimate "spill-over" effect, making it the absolute perfect choice for hanging baskets, window boxes, and patio containers. The small, nectar-rich trumpet flowers are an absolute magnet for hummingbirds and bees, bringing life and energy to your outdoor space. Incredibly resilient to heat, rain, and drought, and naturally self-cleaning with zero deadheading required, these yellow-and-white striped beauties are an absolute must-have for any patio container display, hanging basket arrangement, or summer landscape!
🌱How to Plant & Grow
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Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade (6–8+ hours of direct sun per day is essential for profuse blooming and vigorous trailing growth).
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Soil Type: Well-draining, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral soil. Calibrachoa prefer light, airy, loamy potting mix. Crucial: They are highly sensitive to waterlogged soil and require excellent drainage to prevent root rot.
- Germination Time: 10–21 days at 70–75°F (21–24°C). Crucial: Calibrachoa seeds are extremely fine and require light to germinate. Do not cover them with soil.
- Days to Maturity: 80–120 days from seed to first bloom.
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Mature Height: 6–10 inches. Spread/Trail: 12–18 inches (cascading/trailing habit.
📏Spacing & Seeding Instructions
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Plant Spacing: Space plants 8 to 10 inches apart for a dense, cascading container or bed.
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Seeding Density (Per Square Foot): For dense container filling or hanging baskets, sow 5–7 seeds per square foot.
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Sowing Depth: Surface sow. Press seeds gently into the soil but do not cover – they need light to germinate.
📅 Growing Calendar
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Stage |
Northern States (3–5) |
Mid-Atlantic & Midwest (6–7) |
Southern States (8–11) |
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Start Indoors (Highly Recommended) |
Late March – Early April |
Early – Mid March |
Mid – Late February |
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Transplant Outdoors (After Frost) |
Late May – Early June |
Early – Mid May |
Late March – Early April |
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Direct Sow (After Frost) |
Late May – Early June |
Mid – Late May |
Late March – Early April |
Important Note: Calibrachoa is frost-tender. Do not plant outdoors until the soil temperature has consistently reached at least 60°F (15°C) and all danger of frost has completely passed. Due to the extremely tiny seeds, starting indoors is highly recommended for the best results. Direct sowing is possible but requires very careful surface sowing and consistent moisture.
🧑🌾 Step-by-Step Planting Instructions
Start Indoors (Highly Recommended for best results):
- Fill seed trays with moist, well-draining, fine-textured, sterile seed-starting mix.
- Gently sprinkle the seeds onto the surface of the soil. Do not cover them.
- Place the tray in a warm area (70–75°F) with bright, indirect light. Keep the soil evenly moist by misting from above or bottom-watering (do not disturb the seeds with heavy water).
- Seedlings emerge in 10–21 days. Provide strong, direct sunlight (grow lights recommended) immediately to prevent leggy growth.
- After 8–10 weeks, when the seedlings have several sets of true leaves, gradually harden them off outdoors over 5–7 days before transplanting them into hanging baskets, containers, or garden beds.
Direct Sow (For Zones 8–11 only, with careful handling):
- Wait until the soil is warm and all frost danger has passed.
- Prepare a well-drained bed or container with loose, airy potting mix. Remove weeds.
- Surface sow seeds (press gently into the soil), spacing them very thinly (or mix seeds with fine sand for easier handling).
- Water gently with a fine mist spray to avoid washing the seeds away. Keep the soil consistently moist until germination.
- Once seedlings are 2–3 inches tall, thin them out, leaving the strongest plants spaced 8–10 inches apart.
Ongoing Care:
- Watering: Water regularly during dry spells, especially when plants are young and during the blooming period. Keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged. Allow the top inch of soil to dry out between waterings. Always water at the base of the plant to avoid wetting the foliage, which can lead to fungal diseases. Avoid overwatering at all costs, as this is the #1 cause of plant failure for Calibrachoa.
- Fertilizing: Calibrachoa are heavy feeders. Apply a balanced, slow-release fertilizer at planting time, and supplement with a diluted liquid fertilizer every 1-2 weeks during the blooming period to encourage continuous, abundant trailing blooms.
- Deadheading: Calibrachoa are completely self-cleaning. Spent flowers drop off naturally. No deadheading is required, making them incredibly low-maintenance.
- Pruning: If the trailing vines become overly leggy in mid-summer, trim them back by about one-third to encourage fresh, bushy new growth and a second wave of blooms.
- Overwintering: This is a tender annual. It will die back completely at the first hard frost. It is not intended to be overwintered outdoors in the US.
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Ⅰ.Order Cancellation
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Cancellation Deadline: If you need to cancel your order after successfully placing it, you must send us an email request within 24 hours of placing the order. Requests received after this period will not be processed.
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Application Method: Please send your order cancellation request to our official customer service email (support@zestseeds.com). The email subject must state “Order Cancellation Request + Order Number.” The email body should include your name, contact information, order number, and the reason for cancellation to help us verify and process your request quickly.
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Refund Information: Once your cancellation request is approved, we will process your refund within 1-3 business days. The refund amount will be fully returned to your payment account. The specific time for the funds to arrive depends on the payment platform and bank processing times, so please keep an eye on your account activity.
Ⅱ.Preparation Time
After you successfully place your order, we will complete preparation and warehouse review within 1-3 business days. To ensure the quality of the seeds, we conduct strict packaging inspections on each batch of seeds to ensure they are dry and undamaged before handing them over to our logistics partners for shipment.
Note: If your order contains multiple types of seeds or if there are holidays or peak order periods, the preparation time may be extended by 1-2 business days. We will inform you in advance on the order page or via email.
Ⅲ.Logistics Shipping Times
| Region | Estimated Transit Time |
| United States | 7-12 Business Days |
| Canada | 8-13 Business Days |
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- Email: support@zestseeds.com
- Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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