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Campanula incurva |
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| Synonym(s) |
Campanula leutweinii |
| Common name |
bellflower |
| Family |
campanulaceae |
| Life cycle |
monocarpic perennial (Z?) |
| Flowers |
light blue (early summer) |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Managed to raise just a single plant from seed last year, but it was worth the effort. In its second season, it first set a large number of interestingly shaped buds, that proceeded to open just about all at the same time, to reveal cup-shaped powder-blue flowers. According to online sources, it is monocarpic - which would mean it won't return next year. But those same sources also rate it hardy only to zone 8, whereas ours survived a zone 6 winter. So I'll split the risk - I'll collect some seed later this year, and mulch to try to get it through winter again.
Postlude: I don't think I ever collected seed, and the plant expired from our garden.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Evelyn Gooch | Jul 19, 2009 | How do I know what zone I am in? I live around Oceanside Calif. This is the first time I saw this plant in the store and I love it. So I don't want to loose it when winter comes.
You're probably in zone 9 - warm enough not to worry about survival through winter - but if it's monocarpic, it will still need to be re-established from seed every year. Ours didn't return after the year it bloomed. |
| Evelyn Gooch | Jul 19, 2009 | The label doesn't say monocarpic on it. It does say "Heavenly Bells". Will that make a difference?
Monocarpic means that the plant lives to flower - after it blooms and sets seed, the plant dies. I don't know if C. incurva is monocarpic, but some internet sources suggest it is, and that matches my own experience. |
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