Campanula Pyramidalis

Description

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.

Sowing Advice

Sow immediately at any time onto preferably a soil-based compost, covering with fine grit to approximately their own depth. Germination MAY be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. but many seeds WILL NOT come up the year they are sown, needing winter chilling after sowing, and ONLY come up with natural spring germination.

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