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Phyteuma orbiculare |
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| Common name |
round-headed rampion |
| Family |
campanulaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
blue (late spring) |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained garden soil |
From seed  |
Germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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This is a good "what is THAT?" kind of plant. It stays low and has interestingly angular foliage. In May, the flowerheads form, and are intriguing even when they are still green - then they brighten up the front border when they open to clear blue many-fingered spheres. By summer, it fades back into the green zone. For us, it's been fussless, a reliable performer.
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| | Interestingly, the new leaves that appear after flowering is over are completely different from the strappy early foliage, and quite attractive. A good case for a hard shear-back. |
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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| stacey | Jul 06, 2006 | what zone is this plant for? I live in Edmonton, AB, Canada, which is in Zone 3-4 (-30c)
I have no hardiness information for this species. However, my AHS plant encyclopedia rates the related species P. scheuchzeri hardy to only Z5-7. |
- Seed from '00 trade. Baggy 70F (some light), good germination
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F (100%G, 7-10d)
- Seed from '09 trade. Baggy 70F with light (81%G, 9-20d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (high% G, 7-12d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (36% G, 10-18d)
- Same seed as above, cold-stored. Baggy 70F with light (38%G, 10-16d)
Better long-term viability than I would have expected.
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