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How to Sow Campanula:
Annual:
Biennial/Perennial:
How to Grow Campanula:
Spacing: Set plants 4-18 inch apart depending upon the species
Soil: Soil needs to be rich, moist, well-drained and keep well-watered
Lighting: Most will perform their best in full sun but (C. pesicifolia) and (C. rotundifolia) will perform well in partial shade
Appearance and Use:
Annual: C. medium blooms in 3 months from seed with pink and blue flowers on 2- foot plants.
Biennial: C. medium ‘Calycanthema’ (Cup and Saucer) is named for its flower shape. Zones 3 to 7.
Perennial: C. carpatica grows 8-18 inches tall with 11/2- to 2- inch blooms of violet-blue or white. C. glomerata ‘Superbra’ is showy with 1- inch deep violet blooms in dense cluster on a 2- foot plant. C persiciflolia (Peached Leaved Campanula) has 11/2- inch blue or white blooms in open, 2- foot racemes. C. rotundifolia (Blue Bells-of-Scotland) is the dandiest with 1-inch, bright blue blooms on wiry, 11/2-foot stems
About Campanula:
Pronunciation: kam-pan’u-å
Lifecycle: Biennial, Perennial, Annual
Origination: Campanulaceae; native to Asia and Europe
Common Name: Bellflower
How to Grow Bellflower
Campanula Germination Information
Campanula is the botanical name for Bellflower How to Sow Campanula: Annual:
- Sow indoors 6 to 8 weeks before planting outdoors and maintain a temperature of 68-70° F within the medium during germination which takes 10-14 days
- Leave seeds uncovered
- When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed
Biennial/Perennial:
- Sow outdoors in late spring or early summer for blooms the following year
- Sow indoors in the same way as annual forms
- Germination takes 14-21 days
- When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed
How to Grow Campanula:
Spacing: Set plants 4-18 inch apart depending upon the species
Soil: Soil needs to be rich, moist, well-drained and keep well-watered
Lighting: Most will perform their best in full sun but (C. pesicifolia) and (C. rotundifolia) will perform well in partial shade
Appearance and Use:
Annual: C. medium blooms in 3 months from seed with pink and blue flowers on 2- foot plants.
Biennial: C. medium ‘Calycanthema’ (Cup and Saucer) is named for its flower shape. Zones 3 to 7.
Perennial: C. carpatica grows 8-18 inches tall with 11/2- to 2- inch blooms of violet-blue or white. C. glomerata ‘Superbra’ is showy with 1- inch deep violet blooms in dense cluster on a 2- foot plant. C persiciflolia (Peached Leaved Campanula) has 11/2- inch blue or white blooms in open, 2- foot racemes. C. rotundifolia (Blue Bells-of-Scotland) is the dandiest with 1-inch, bright blue blooms on wiry, 11/2-foot stems
About Campanula:
Pronunciation: kam-pan’u-å
Lifecycle: Biennial, Perennial, Annual
Origination: Campanulaceae; native to Asia and Europe
Common Name: Bellflower