Can you identify these plants in hanging baskets

[Peaceandlabradors]

These are in a local town centre they look amazing.

I think they might be petunias but I’m not sure

There are petunias - they might even be surfinias as the flower looks quite small.

@yodaforpresident thanks - can I replicate these in my own hanging baskets? Would they be trailing varieties or something?

Yes, you can get trailing petunias - most garden centres will sell them, but it might be too late this summer to buy them.

I like calibrachoa, which are also a small petunia, but they hang beautifully and have a great variety of colours. It looks like Crocus still has those, https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/calibrachoa-cabaret-early-light-pink-eye-cabaret-series/classid.2000047988/sku.RH30006268/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=15793456071&gbraid=0AAAAADohxrxYKj1xL7ijw3F3CVAUG_m8x&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzOvEBhDVARIsADHfJJQYzYNNhSW-7l9QORfix-3qT8uZyPLjhOezbTxWOj3TgPOJ4o91rL8aApr-EALw_wcB

@Peaceandlabradors (love the username. I have a black lab 🥰). Top tip. My favourite thing at the moment is reverse image searching on google. It’s so handy. I’ve also realised my phone has a side button that does it automatically so I’m forever snapping pics of things to find out more 😆 just for future reference if you have access to these things.

They are a variety of petunia called "million bells" here in the US.

Thanks all

Thank you lovely Yoda 😍we have ordered 15 pots as we have just brought 3 lovely huge hanging baskets to put up - a lovely pop of colour at the bottom of the garden and a good bargain!

Fantastic, they really are a lovely flower. I have them in stone planters with salvia and dwarf cosmos. They drop the spent flowers themselves too, so no need to deadhead like you would have to with petunias.

@yodaforpresident

is this normal? Supposedly 9 cm plants we ordered 15 and put 5 on each hanging basket cost over £40 they just look very underwhelming? We have watered them and given them a nice basket and I’ve put 5 plants in each one. Feel a bit disappointed. I know they were half price but some are very very small and look pretty lame to be honest. Thanks

Calibrachoa also known as Million Bells.

It really is way passed the time for planting them so imagine you got the dregs

Umm even so they are a bit crap for £3.50 plus each per plant

They look a bit small but green - I would give them some plant food and hang them somewhere sunny. They should grow quite quickly and be a reasonable size in 3/4 weeks.