Campanula poscharskyana
Serbian bellflower, Trailing bellflower
- Height × spread
- 0.15m – 0.2m × 0.3m – 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
A small and starry flowered plant. The flowers are in fact bells but they open their mouths wide and the bell effect disappears. The leaves are attractive, rounded heart shapes with toothed edges. These sit in attractive combination with the ample clusters of flowers. The flowers are in shades of blue, pink and white, and come from June to September. This will gently spread and is particularly beautiful when grown in a rock garden, or even against a wall, where it will climb and spread in an appealing manner. It can also be used to colonize the front of a border.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Lavender, Purple
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.15m – 0.2m
- Spread
- 0.3m – 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Rock garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- All types
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Wall cover, Ground cover, Bee attraction
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
Spring-Autumn · Planting
Protect from slugs & snails
Protect young plants and new growth from slugs; mature plants can withstand slugs though damage affects their appearance. Apply nematodes in Spring. Or sprinkle organic slug pellets thinly around plants. Barrier methods, eg copper tape, may help.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
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