General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 2-4 feet (60-120 cm)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
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
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • White Bellflower
  • Ivory Bells
  • Spurred Bellflower
  • Cornish Bellflower
  • Bellflower

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Location: Howick Hall gardens, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2020-07-09
Campanula alliariifolia
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Date: 2017-08-17
Location: My garden, KY
Date: 19 June, 2023
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-07-13
 7:01 pm. A seedling from nursery stock from 50 years ago!
Location: Howick Hall gardens, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2020-07-09
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Date: 2017-08-17
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-06
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-05
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 10th June 2011
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 10th June 2011
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-18
Lit by the evening sun, like fairy lanterns! :)
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-18

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-26

credit: Kurt Stüber
Comments:
  • Posted by bonitin (Ghent, Belgium - Zone 8a) on Nov 2, 2013 8:54 AM concerning plant:
    A very strong plant, reliable and pest-free. I've had it for 4 years and it is still going strong, though it is planted in a container in the same soil. Blooms for months in a row. Mine only gets 3 hours of sun in summer.

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