A small, mat-forming alpine perennial from European mountains, grown for its nodding pale blue bell flowers on wiry stems above clumps of bright green leaves. It needs sharp drainage, cool conditions and good light, and suits rock gardens and troughs.
Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly in growth and spring, keeping soil moist but never waterlogged, and reduce in winter.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or limestone-rich soil.
Temperature
10–20 °C; hardy to about -20 °C in the ground.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Pyrenees to Carpathians and N. Balkan Pen.
Climate
temperate
About
Campanula cochleariifolia (also Campanula cochlearifolia), common name earleaf bellflower or fairy's-thimble, is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae, native to the Pyrenees, Alps, French Massif Central, and Carpathian Mountains of Central Europe. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in). Clumps of bright green leaves produce nodding pale blue bell flowers on wiry stalks. It is often found growing on limestone.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.