Campanula saxifraga
Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Campanula bellidifolia subsp. saxifraga
- Phonetic Spelling
- kam-PAN-yoo-luh saks-if-FRAG-uh
- Description
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Bellflower is a compact herbaceous ornamental groundcover or subshrub in the Campanulaceae, or Bellflower family. It is native to the Caucasus region and therefore requires soils with excellent drainage. It has trailing stems, and reaches a height of about 4"-6". It has showy fairly large blue-purple flowers and leaves that can remain evergreen in certain environments. Plant it in the full sun to partial shade in moist soils. It makes an excellent addition to a rock or crevice garden and looks attractive trailing over a garden wall. It also naturalizes easily and can be used as a groundcover. Plants handle transplanting well. To propagate this plant stratify the seeds with cold by sowing them in the winter. Root cuttings are also an effective method of propagation. The Latin name campana means "bell".
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Rock and Crevice Garden
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Campanula
- Species:
- saxifraga
- Family:
- Campanulaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Root Cutting
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Turkey, Iran
- Dimensions:
- Height: 0 ft. 3 in. - 0 ft. 6 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 6 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Annual
- Ground Cover
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Creeping
- Maintenance:
- Low
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- Less than 12 inches
- 12 inches-3 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6b, 6a, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10b, 10a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Capsule
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Blue
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Solitary
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Bell
- Cup
- Star
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Single blue purple bell to cup-shaped flowers with white centers rise above the mound on a reddish stem. Flowers have 5 petals, open in the late spring to early summer and are large for the size of the plant.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Rosulate
- Leaf Margin:
- Dentate
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
- Leaf Description:
- Medium green slightly hairy toothed leaves
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Red/Burgundy
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Naturalized Area
- Rock Wall
- Landscape Theme:
- Rock Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Mass Planting
- Small groups
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Butterflies
- Hummingbirds
