Campanula lactiflora 'Prichard's Variety'
Family - Campanulaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 60cm
Location - The Wedding Ring Border
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 a shade of dark violet-blue, and each Bloom has a white throat. The prolific flowers are held in pyramidal panicles atop tall, upright stems and are produced in midsummer and then intermittently into early autumn. Cut plants back after the first flush of flowers to promote a second, strong flush of flowers in the autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects.
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Flower:
Bell-shaped flowers are a deep shade of violet-blue, each bloom has a white centre. The flowers are held in pyramidal panicles and produced prolifically from late June into July. The blooms will then be produced intermittently 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 tall, upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to oval
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.