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Tommasini Bell Flower

Campanula tommasiniana

Also called Tommasini's Campanula

Tommasini Bell Flower
Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0

Campanula tommasiniana is a compact alpine perennial from the Istria region of Croatia, forming low clumps about 10 cm tall with violet bell-shaped flowers. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it is grown as an ornamental rock garden plant that has earned the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Loam or gritty, well-drained soil; a rock garden or alpine mix works well.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates winter cold well as an alpine, protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
NW. Croatia (Istra)
Climate
temperate

About

Campanula tommasiniana, known as the Croatian bellflower or Tommasini bell flower, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is native to the alpine regions of Croatia. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

How to grow it

They prefer to grow in loam, moist and well-drained soil under direct sunlight. They bloom in the summertime. During spring or summer, they can be propagated with cuttings. They are not suited to be indoor plants.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Campanula tommasiniana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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.

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