Campanula takesimana

Campanulaceae

Campanula takesimana

Habitat: grassy places Flowering: summer Height: 50 cm Width: 30 cm Soil: with humus

These taller campanulas are herbaceous perennials, with flowers opening in sequence along the lengths of the flowers spikes. See also Adenophora for some related species, and Codonopsis for some climbing Campanula relatives.

Campanula takesimana has stems of huge, hanging, tubular, white to pink bells, heavily spotted on the inside with dark red, almost maroon, arising above large rosettes of glossy green leaves. Striking.
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