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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 10 inches
Plant Spread: 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
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
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Bellflower

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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-06-09
You can see why it is called "octopus".
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Date: 2022-07-06

photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Date: 2008-02-01
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc .  wwwterranovanurseries
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Date: 2022-06-29
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: June 14, 2001
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2008-08-23
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2015-09-12
Location: North Eastern Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-06-22
Blooms open
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-03
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-03
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2019-06-30
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2009-07-06
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-07-19
Uploaded by robertduval14

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2013-09-10
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-22
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2008-08-23
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-07-19
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2011-06-05
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-11

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-06-18
The new baby bunnies just love eating this plant.
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2011-06-30
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2011-06-30
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2011-06-30
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2011-06-30
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2011-06-30
Location: North Eastern Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-06-21
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-02
Spring leaf.
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-06-05

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-06-16

Date: July
Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
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