I love Million Bells. The official name is Calibrachoa. They are similar to petunias, but without the sticky mess. I have a love/hate relationship with petunias. I love how they look but I hate the stickiness & all that dead-heading. As the season goes on, if not maintained, they get all leggy. Some of the newer varieties aren't as bad though.

Calibrachoa needs no dead-heading & stays nice the entire season. They can take Full Sun, Sun to Partial Shade and Light Shade.
The colors -Pink. Magenta, Red, Yellow, Violet, Purple & White. New colors are introduced from year to year. This season I found one called "Sunset".

I buy different colors & plant them alone or in mixed plantings.
This year I used them on a stair-step plant stand. It worked out great. I have a tapestry of blooms.
Here's a section of it-

The whole thing-

Torenia is a great plant & one of my favs. It blooms all summer - 'til the 1st frost.
Mine gets full sun - as does most of my yard.
It can take medium shade as well. My mother has it in her garden which is shadier than mine.
They are great in hanging baskets.
I usually have them in my yard somewhere. This is the 1st time I planted them in my strawberry pot. In the past I've always used Million Bells.
I love how this looks. It's a keeper!
It's also sometimes called the "Wishbone Plant" because inside the pistil... (or is it the stamen -I forget) looks like a wishbone.
This is the pot when I first planted it at the end of May:

Here it is at the end of June:

In the past, I've only had pink and/or blue. This year I discovered a yellow one at one of my regular nurseries.
Here are the flowers.
You can clearly see the "wishbone".

BLUE

PINK - (I had just watered-there's a big waterdrop in the flower)

YELLOW-

Here's my mother's pot. She mixed hers - Torenia & Million Bells-

Buff

1st house on the tour...
El Nino

Water Feature

Sunshine Glory

Dream Weaver and Alex Summers

Reptillian

Minis in trough 1

Minis in trough 2

2nd house on the tour...
Galaxy

Millennium (notice my sunglasses on the leaf in the front, for size reference)

Abiqua Drinking Gourd

Spilt Milk

Little Caesar

Corn Belt

Buckeye

Water Feature

Blue seedling (This is an open-pollinated seedling the homeowner grew. Notice the variegated leaf in the 7 o'clock position of the plant. This is a new development that the owner is watching for further progress.)

Blizzard

The whole backyard...

This is quick and really good!
Serving size: 2

1 12-inch tortilla, flavor of your choice
1 1/2 Tbs cream cheese, at room temp
3 leaves leaf lettuce
4 slices pepper Monterey Jack cheese
4 thin slices tomato
1/2 avocado, thinly sliced
4 thin slices red onion
1/2 c jicama thinly sliced into matchsticks
1/4 c sweet corn kernels, fresh or frozen and defrosted
1/4 c cooked black beans, drained and rinsed

Spread the tortilla thinly with the cream cheese. Place 2 lettuce leaves on the cream cheese. Layer the pepper Monterey Jack cheese over the cream cheese. Layer the tomato, avocado, onion, and jicama over the cheese. Spoon on the corn and black beans evenly. Top with the remaining lettuce leaf, and roll tightly. Slice in half diagonally.

From the Whole Foods Market Cookbook