I am still living in the throes of a dreadfully cold and snowy winter. One pastime that gives me a bit of a mental reprieve is browsing through last year’s flower photos.

This beautiful Calibrachoa blossom was planted with other flowers in an oversized hanging basket pot. We found it at a local nursery mid-spring, and although it was a tad early, we bought it anyway because, being a basket, it was portable when nights were forecast with possible frost, and we could bring it in the house.

The visitor is one of my favorite insects. We see them very sporadically, and never in numbers. This makes them exciting, and when they are spotted, my husband and I will immediately call to the other, ‘A hummingbird moth is on such and such a plant.’

I love these flowers for their reliability and hundreds of blooms. In fact, one of their nicknames is Million Bells. Calibrachoa is the correct name, and I also like them because they can be placed in semi-shade and still bloom profusely.

Cultivation methods and descriptions can be found at The Spruce: How to Grow & Care for Calibrachoa (Million Bells)