Campanula garganica
Campanulaceae
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Habitat:
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sunny places
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Flowering:
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summer
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Size:
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30
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10
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Soil:
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gritty, well drained
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Price
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£3.00
(9 cm pot)
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Order code:
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CGI-9
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All these small campanulas have masses of bell-shaped flowers, in the blue / purple / white colour range, in mid or late summer. Most of the small species are plants for sunny, well-drained positions on rockeries or raised beds, and many can be grown in walls by scattering seed. Some have a distinct preference for limestone, and a few need to avoid winter wet. See also Adenophora and Edraianthus for some related species, and Codonopsis for some climbing relatives. Also Cyananthus for some fine, low plants with trailing stems.
Campanula garganica makes tufts or clumps of spreading stems, with starry blue flowers with white centres. In the wild (in Greece and Italy) it grows among shady rocks, but in cultivation, at least in the UK, it prefers full sun.
Other related plants:
Clusters of narrow, bell-shaped, white or pale blue flowers.
Lovely cup-shaped violet-blue flowers with a white centre.
Mounds of dark green leaves and cream flowers on short stems.
Very large, pale blue, campanulate flowers and silvery grey foliage.
Very large, pale blue, campanulate flowers and silvery grey foliage.
Clusters of deep purple or white flowers on short upright stems.
Softly hairy rosettes and large, bell-shaped pale blue flowers.
Mound of foliage with masses of pale violet starry flowers.
A mound of trailing stems with white bell flowers.