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savannahsjojo
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Joined:	Sat Jun 9th, 2007
Location:	Atlanta, Georgia USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 10th, 2007 12:51 am

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Do million bells typically come back from one year to the next? I admired a lady's garden this past week who had huge mounds of these beautiful flowers in the magenta color. She stated they came back from year to year but when I went to buy them they were labeled as an annual. The area I want to put them is a large full sun island and they would look great, however, that is too much work to have to do yearly. ???

Newt
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Posted: Tue Jun 12th, 2007 04:51 pm

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Hi Savannahsjojo,

Million bells aka Calibrachoa is a tender perennial and will return in zone 9 and warmer. This lady may have a warm spot in her garden where they return. Most don't produce lots of seed. In your zone they are considered annuals. Here's some interesting info about them.
http://mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A119
http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/Million_Bells.htm

There is a perennial petunia with smaller flowers then the annuals you see at garden centers that should survive in zone 8 called Petunia integrifolia.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pda_a018.html
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hort/plantlisting/P/Petunia12649.html

Newt

Last edited on Tue Jun 12th, 2007 04:55 pm by Newt

wildflowers6886
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Location:	Massillon/Jackson Twp., Ohio USA
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Posted: Tue Aug 14th, 2007 02:29 pm

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I use to plant Millions Bells in my flower boxes at my old house. Mine did really well, and I always received compliments on them. However, mine never came back. Every year I would purchase to hanging baskets of them, and just transfer them to the boxes, where they would fill in beautifully. At our new house, which is about 1 and half hours south of my old house, I did have some that came back the next year.....I live in Ohio. I use to live up on Lake Erie, now I live in the Massillon/Canton area.

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