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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 2-3 ft.
Plant Spread: 1-2 ft.
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
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

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Common names
  • Canterbury Bells
  • Bellflower

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Credit: Fleuroselect, used with permission

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Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-03-08
Taken at Tagawa Nursery

Date: 2013-03-29
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-03-08
Taken at Tagawa Nursery

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