General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: 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
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
  • Large Campanula
  • Bellflower
  • Wide-Leaved Bellflower
  • Giant Bellflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Campanula latifolia
  • Synonym: Campanula latifolia f. alba

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Location: Russia, Western Caucasus, Lagonaki Plateau
Date: 2022-06-30

photo credit: Kurt Stüber
Location: Georgia, Mami, Svanetie
Date: 2011-07-09
Photo courtesy of:Michael Kesl
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-28
First year plant from winter sown seed.
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Georgia, Mami, Svanetie
Photo courtesy of:Michael Kesl
Location: Georgia, Mami, Svanetie
Date: 2011-07-09
Photo courtesy of:Michael Kesl
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Oct 20, 2011 6:09 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant

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