General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Plant Height: 9-12 inches
Plant Spread: 10-18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
Needs specific temperature: 70 F
Days to germinate: 14-28
Depth to plant seed: Surface sow.
Suitable for wintersowing
Start indoors
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
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Carpathian Harebell
  • Carpathian Bellflower
  • Tussock Bellflower
  • Bellflower
Also sold as:
  • Blaue Clips

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Location: in the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 2001-05-13
Campanula carpatica 'Blue Clips'
Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-4-06
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-04-11
Location: West border
Date: July
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-09-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: July 2007
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-07-19 
Campanula carpatica ex. 'Blue Clips'
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-9-06
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2005-07-31
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-04-11
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-04-11
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-04-27
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-07-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-07-16

Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 1, 2011 4:35 AM concerning plant:
    Upward facing flowers. Bluestone says it has no equal as an edging plant. Can stay evergreen in the south.
Plant Events from our members
jmorth On July 10, 2017 Bloomed
jmorth On May 28, 2017 Transplanted
into ground
jmorth On April 27, 2017 Obtained plant
from Santa Rosa Gardens
piksihk On August 1, 2014 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
lovesblooms On March 3, 2018 Seeds sown
winter sown
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