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Campanula lactiflora
(Milky Bellflower)

Family - Campanulaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Caucasus
Year of Introduction - 1814
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 60cm

Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit and tall, upright stems. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to oval in shape with finely toothed margins. Bell-shaped flowers are found in various shades of violet-blue. The prolific flowers are held in pyramidal panicles atop tall, upright stems and produced in midsummer and intermittently into autumn. Cut plants back after the first flush of flowers to promote a second, strong flush of flowers in autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects.

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Flower:

Bell-shaped flowers are found in variable shades of violet-blue. The blooms are held in abundance in pyramidal panicles atop upright stems. The flowers are produced from July into September.

Flower colour: Purple

Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers held in panicles

Flowering time: July, August, September

Foliage:

Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to oval in shape with serrate margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to oval

Propagation:

Division, seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.