Bellflower

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

N. Yugoslavia

Location

Heasley Rock Garden

Source of plant

Rocknoll Nursery

Description

Pubescent perennial similar to C. portenschlagiana but less coarse; stems numerous, sparsely setose. Leaves slightly more acuminate, finely dentate, margin ciliate. Flowers borne in a loose raceme or panicle, stellate, pedicellate; clayx lobes lanceolate, ciliate, tinged with purple; corolla campanulate to wide funnel-form, lavender to violet, blooming from summer to autumn.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

flowering season