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| Last year when this plant was smaller, I wasn't sure I liked it. The large, bell-shaped blooms seemed out of proportion to the plant. I guess a year makes a difference. I think it's pretty striking now. About 2 feet tall. The only thing supporting this plant are a few, small, bamboo stakes around the outside of the plant with some garden twine tied around them. That was enough to keep everything upright the other day when we had over 4 inches of heavy rain.
I must be honest, this is the only Campanella I grow. I've tried a few others, but none of them really grabbed me. Is anyone growing another variety they really like? Kevin |
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| Kevin, Quickly off the top of my head, two that I have, that stay put, are "Summertime Blues" and "Freya". What I like about SB is that it can flower in much less than full sun and will bloom all summer. "Freya" is more tight but still floriferous. I have 3 "Freya" and they are just starting to flower now. (Here is a picture of one of them from late last June). (Both can splay depending on the amount of sun and rain). |
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- Posted by flowergirl70ks 5/6KS (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 18:41
| Joan Elliot, like the pic above, but shorter. |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 19:21
| Campanula primulifolia, is one of my favorites I grew this one from seed in 2007, had it for a couple of years before it didn't come back. I searched and searched for more seed, finally found some and now have a flat full, not quite big enough to plant out yet but soon. Annette |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 21:29
| Agree it's striking, Kevin. Don't mind staking. Prefer the proportions of one of the apparent parents of 'Sarastro'; namely Campanula latifolia. Have 'Brantwood'. |
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| rouge - I like the tiered flowering. That's nice. Annette - That is a stunner! Almost delphinium like. Sunny - So that's one of the parents of Sarastro? Interesting. I can see the family resemblance. Very pretty and very upright which I like. Kevin
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- Posted by Donna.in.Sask 2b (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 11:01
| I must admit, I don't give campanulas much of a chance in my garden. Doesn't help that most of the ones hardy for my zone are incredibly invasive like clustered and creeping bellflower. The only one I don't actively weed out is peach-leafed but even that one is weedy. The ones pictured sure look nice. |
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| I purchased this bellflower over 4 years ago and it is very invasive but I used it to my advantage. I have areas around my property where it hard to plant or grow anything (too many roots). I placed some of these bellflowers there and they completely covered the area. I still keep a close eye on them. |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 11:43
| aachenelf, I'm a sucker for most of the Campanulas, the only one that gets away on me is C. poscharskyana. I have it wandering through a low rock wall, when finished blooming I rip it out down to it's roots. I also have 'Sarastro' but it sure doesn't look like your beauty this year, I had to move it and it's sulking. The others I have are rotundifolia and glomerata, don't have a problem with either one. The primulifolia in the picture was supposed to be thyrsoides, I got the seed from the U.K. obviously a mixup, I got a replacement from them but waited to long to plant the seed, it didn't germinate :(, still looking for seed for thyrsoides. SunnyBorders, 'Brantwood' is a stunner, another to put on my list. Annette |
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