Uvularia grandiflora
(Large Merrybells)
Family - Colchicaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Eastern North America
Year of Introduction - 1802
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - 40cm or more
Width - 40cm or more
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with fleshy, upright then arching stems. Glabrous, grey-green to mid-green leaves are narrowly oval to lanceolate in shape and Perfoliate (stalkless). Slender bell-shaped flowers with pointed and slightly twisted petals are a rich shade of yellow. The Blooms are pendent and held singly or in pairs on long pedicels. The flowers are produced from mid to late spring. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Bellwort
Flower:
Slender bell-shaped flowers with long, pointed and slightly twisted petals are a rich shade of yellow. The blooms are pendent and held singly or in pairs on long pedicels. The flowers are produced in April and May.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers held singly or in pairs
Flowering time: April, May
Foliage:
Glabrous, grey-green to mid-green leaves are narrowly oval to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are Perfoliate (stalkless) and Alternately arranged on the upright, then arching stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Oval to lanceolate
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade to shade in fertile, rich, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.