This old-fashioned cottage garden flower makes mats of foliage which slowly creep to form good ground cover and is evergreen in all but the worst winters. From late spring to midsummer the tall stems of wide-open bell flowers, which are cup-shaped and can be either lilac-blue or white, regularly appear, and are very good for cutting. It can flower sometimes as late as September in a cold year. ... Learn More

Upright slender spikes of large, white, nodding, papery, bell-shaped flowers open from June to August over a low mound of foliage. They are impressive in the border and also perfect for cutting for the house. This is the white form of this classic border plant which grows well in most soil types whether in full sun or partial shade. ... Learn More

This splendid variety has rosettes of narrow, bright green leaves, and slender spikes of translucent, china-blue bells in early summer. Old clumps benefit from being divided every few years and being replanted into enriched soil. It is wonderful with old-fashioned roses and bearded irises, and gives a real cottage garden charm to a sunny border and is also a superb, long-lasting cut flower. ... Learn More

This astonishingly tough rockery plant bears in spring and summer sprays of violet starry flowers. Vigorous and fast growing, it is one of the easiest and long-flowering of all rockery plants, and able to stand almost complete drying out once established in a wall. Unlike many others it will self-seed into cracks making a fantastic display! ... Learn More

This unusual plant is an attractive, furry-leafed form of this lovely plant that occurred here many years ago! An astonishingly tough rockery plant, it bears in spring and summer sprays of white starry flowers. Vigorous and fast growing, it is one of the easiest and long-flowering of all rockery plants, and able to stand almost complete drying out once established in a wall. Unlike many others species it will self-seed into cracks making a fantastic display! ... Learn More

Violet-eyed, open, blue stars densely stud many hairy stems which arise from hairy, primrose-like foliage. This splendid gem flowers late in the season, July and August, and will naturalise if you are lucky, gently self-seeding. One of the few bell flowers that will thrive and prosper on a hot dry bank! ... Learn More

This is the very dwarfest form of this hardy perennial with large, pale pink tubular bells produced in early summer, with the occasional white form popping up. It is excellent, whether in a large container or the border, performing well in sun or partial shade. ... Learn More

The long, fat, pendulous bells on this tiny spreading dwarf are as large and impressive as on the larger varieties and are mainly in pure white, but sometimes with the odd pink seedling appearing which you can pull out (and transplant elsewhere!) . ... Learn More

This superb and beautiful species forms a large basal rosette of heart-shaped leaves, which erupts into an enormous spire of cool blue stemless starry cups for many weeks in mid and late summer. This is easily the tallest bellflower you can grow, each bloom can be 2.5cm (1in) or more across, and the effect of a plant in full flower is unforgettable, the whole making one enormous mass of bloom. In a sheltered spot it can arise to a breathtaking 8 to 9 feet or more. ... Learn More

This introduced ornamental wild flower bears panicles of funnel-shaped, blue or white flowers in July and August. But additionally it is a most unusual salad plant! It is grown both for its white, firm and crisp roots from October through winter and its salad leaves which are used like spinach. And another fact: The Brothers Grimm's tale of Rapunzel took its name from this plant! ... Learn More

This rare plant from Ethiopia and the Kenyan highlands, is the world's most southerly occuring campanula. From a bone-hardy clump of thick, triangular, hairy grey-green leaves, arise strong stems carrying bearded blue bell-flowers. ... Learn More

We collect seed from all of our tiny treasures, but few give enough to list, so we mix them all together in this choice selection of dwarf species. ... Learn More

The true wild "Harebell" or "Bluebell-of-Scotland" is a too-rarely grown little gem. Long-flowering and easy to please in any position, it produces masses of dangling blue bells on long thin stems over an extended mid-summer period. ... Learn More

This is the seldom-seen, pure white version of the true wild "Harebell" or "Bluebell-of-Scotland" and is a too-rarely-grown little gem. Long-flowering and easy to please in any position, it produces masses of dangling white bells on long thin stems over an extended mid-summer period. ... Learn More

This gorgeous, long-lived and trouble-free plant produces hairy grey stems and thick rubbery saggitate leaves, forming a perfect foil for the long succession of pendent blue-grey bells. "A great beauty and good sound perennial." (G.S.T.) ... Learn More