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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 15 inches
Plant Spread: Spreading
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Red
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
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

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Common names
  • Spotted Bellflower
  • Bellflower

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-07-06
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-02
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-04
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-26
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2017-06-22
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-29
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Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My yard, zone 6
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-07-06
Photo by gemini_sage
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-07-06
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Photo by pinkiris

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Photo Courtesy of Busse Gardens. Used with permission.
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Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My yard, zone 6
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2014-06-23
First bloom cycle on second year plant grown from winter sown see
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-10-01
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-26

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My yard, zone 6

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Comments:
  • Posted by mom2goldens (Carmel, IN - Zone 5b) on Sep 29, 2011 6:42 PM concerning plant:
    This plant can spread rather aggressively, but given the right spot can be very attractive. The drooping, cherry-colored flowers are huge and rather unique. It's not fussy about soil, and mine has done well in full sun - part shade. It lasts quite well as a cut flower.
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