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Campanula
Also called Bellflower, Indet. Bellflower, Typical Bellflowers
Campanula, the bellflowers, is a genus of over 500 annual, biennial and perennial species with bell-shaped flowers, mostly blue to purple. Grown species range from tiny alpine plants to tall border plants, and they generally need a sunny to lightly shaded spot with well-drained soil.
Campanula () is the type genus of the Campanulaceae family of flowering plants. Campanula are commonly known as bellflowers and take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".
The genus includes over 500 species and several subspecies, distributed across the temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with centers of diversity in the Mediterranean region, Balkans, Caucasus and mountains of western Asia. The range also extends into mountains in tropical regions of Asia and Africa.
Well-known species include the northern temperate Campanula rotundifolia, commonly known as harebell in England and bluebell in Scotland and Ireland (though it is not closely related to the true bluebells), and the southern European Campanula medium, commonly known as Canterbury bells (a popular garden plant in the United Kingdom). As well as several species occurring naturally in the wild in northern Europe, there are many cultivated garden species.
The cultivars 'Misty Dawn'
Violdelphin is an anthocyanin, a type of plant pigment, found in the blue flowers in the genus Campanula.
Campanula betulifolia · Tussock bellflower · Fairy's Thimble · Adriatic bellflower · Campanula gelida · Dane's blood · Falling Stars · Milky Bellflower · Adria Bellflower · Trailing Bellflower · Solitary Harebell · Chimney Bellflower
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
