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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 18 inches
Plant Spread: 14 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Other: Violet-blue
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
  • Throatwort
  • Nettle leaved Bellflower
  • Coventry Bells
  • Our Lady's Thimbles
  • Bellflower

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2007-05-07
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: East border
Date: 2011-07-03

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-29
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-30

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
Location: East border
Date: 2011-07-03

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