Birch Hybrid Campanula is a photograph by J McCombie which was uploaded on February 4th, 2013.
Birch Hybrid Campanula
Campanula is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers -... more
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Birch Hybrid Campanula
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Campanula is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers - campanula is Latin for "little bell".
The genus includes over 500 species and several subspecies, distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region east to the Caucasus.
The species include annual, biennial and perennial plants, and vary in habit from dwarf arctic and alpine species under 5 cm high, to large temperate grassland and woodland species growing to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall.
Romantic, usually bobbing, often blue bellflowers are classic cottage garden plants. Tall types look like something straight out of a fairy tale garden, while ground-hugging types are good in rock gardens, more formal gardens, and many other situations. Most are perennial, but a notable exception is Canterbury bells, a stately biennial (it takes two years to bloom). Flowers come in blue, purple, white, or pink.
Birch Hybrid Campanula (Siberian Bellflower) is a profuse blooming groundcover that bears 1 inch long fluted purple-lavender blue flowers from late spring through late summer if deadheaded. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Excellent for walls and crevices this poscharskyana and garganica cross (hybrid) will bloom all summer long. It makes a great rock garden plant.
Bellflowers are among the most popular of perennials. This dwarf selection is a terrific choice for rock gardens, edging, and particularly for tubs or mixed containers. Plants form a trailing mound of small green leaves, bearing sprays of bright purple bell flowers for many weeks in early summer. Divide every two years, in spring or fall. Consider contrasting ‘Birch Hybrid’ with Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’ or growing as a carpet beneath Lilies. Removing spent flowers will greatly increase the flowering time. This trailing selection will not become a troublesome spreader.
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