General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
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
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Adriatic Bellflower
  • Bellflower

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Location: my rock garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-05-29
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: Spring
Location: My rock garden in St Louis
Date: 2019-05-31
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2015-06-07

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2015-06-07
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 25th June 2010
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 18th June 2010

photo by ghislain118

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