Campanula rapunculoides
Campanulaceae
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Habitat:
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full sun or part shade
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Flowering:
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summer
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Size:
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100
x
100
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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with grit and humus
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Campanula rapunculoides
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Price
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£5.00
(1 litre pot)
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Order code:
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CR5-1
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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 rapunculoides has had a bad press. It has a reputation for being rumbustious, and was once said to be ineradicable.
A gardener was very annoyed, He
said "Here's one you want to avoid,
Easy come, hard to go,
You must not let it grow -
Campanula rapunculoides."
It has never lived it down, but it is quite untrue. We have grown this floriferous, purple-flowered herbaceous perennial for at least 15 years, and only once have I had to speak to it about trespassing (with the Roundup in my hand). It said it wouldn't do it again, and has lived up to its word.
Other related plants:
Tall, white-flowered, dark green leaves.
Attractive blue bell-like flowers in late summer.
Arching stems with pink flowers along their length; from the Caucasus.
One-sided hairy racemes of grey-blue bellflowers.
Upright stems crowded with pale creamy yellow flowers.
Upright perennial with bristly leaves and racemes of tubular white flowers.