General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable for miniature gardens
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
  • Earleaf Bellflower
  • Fairies' Thimbles
  • Bellflower

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Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-07-03
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria

Leo Michels photo
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-07-03

Date: 2009-01-17
photo by ghislain118
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Oct 20, 2011 5:55 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant

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