General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 20 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in spring. Alpine species should be sown in an open frame.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Other: take basal root cuttings
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Bellflower

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Location: Garden in New Denver, British Columbia, Canada
Date: 2016-07-02
- A lovely discovery in a friend's garden.
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2015-06-21

Date: 2006-03-16
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc .  wwwterranovanurseries
Location: East border
Date: 2011-06-26
Prolific bloomer!

Date: 2014-08-18
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-07-02
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-07-02
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-17
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-07-02

Date: 2014-08-18
Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Jul 18, 2012 5:39 AM concerning plant:
    A very nice plant for the front of the border, a ground cover that spreads slowly. The flowers produce a mass bloom late spring then continue to produce all summer long.
    Easy care

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