| Description | A medium plant that produces slender racemes of blue bell shaped flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (kam-PAN-u-la)(per-sis-i-FO-lee-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-6 |
| Sunlight | full sun, mostly sunny, part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | broadly bell shaped, blue, borne in an inflorescence called a raceme, start blooming mid May |
| Leaves | forms a basal rosette, leaves less frequent and smaller up the stem, basal leaves are 4-8" while the sessile stems leaves are 2-4" long, basal leaves are somewhat evergreen in zone #5 |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 2'-3' tall by 18" spread, forms clumps as more stems clump off the base |
| Maintenance | When deadheading this plant be careful not to damage the new buds that are forming on the same stem. Rejuvenation of the plant by dividing every 2-3 years helps to keep the plant fresh and productive, can spread by volunteer seedlings. |
| Propagation | seeds, division or top cuttings |
| Native Site | Europe, North Africa, Asia |
| Author's Notes | This has always been one of my favorite plants. I like to group them together in a mass for a more dramatic show of color. There are over 15 different cultivars of Campanula persicifolia. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage) , #06-Perennials for the American Gardens (Clasusen and Ekastro), #54-The Well Tended Garden (DiSabato-Aust), #123-Dwarf Campanula (Graham Nicholls) |
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