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Campanulaceae
Spreading bellflower
Campanula patula
Also known as Campanula patula, Rover bellflower, Creeping bellflower, Rapunculus patulus
Native Plants · Bellflower · Perennial · Wildflower · Blue Flowers · Meadow · Campanula · Cottage Garden · Pollinator · Spreading · European Native
Spreading bellflower is a delicate, easy-care perennial producing charming star-shaped lavender-blue flowers on airy branching stems throughout summer. Plant in well-drained soil in a sunny or lightly shaded spot and water regularly during dry periods. It naturalises beautifully in meadow-style or wildflower plantings with minimal intervention.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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