There is hardly a group of flowers which possess such rarefied beauty as does the enceinte genus of Campanulas . There are many sorts , some grow inches high and some from 4 feet to 6 feet gamy , but all have more or less Vanessa Stephen - shaped flowers in adorable colour : blanched , clear pinkish , blue , rose , purplishrose , purple - blue and lavender . All of them are desirable and seem to just go in their various places from the conventional edge to the rocky ledges of the woods . Most of them bloom during June and July . The Canterbury Bells(Campanula Medium)and its cupful and disk mixed bag ( C.M. caly canthema)are perhaps the most showy and satisfactory of the whole group . The flowers are very gravid , in adorable white pink , dispirited and deep purpleness . The stalks of bloom are about 2 feet , improbable and they are very effective when embed with the early blossom multifariousness of Phlox . The Peach Bells(C. persicifolia)grows from 2 feet to 3 feet eminent and its heyday , in blue or snowy , are more shallow than ship’s bell - shaped . It has narrow leaf and is very graceful . Of this species , Moerheimeiis the best blank ; some sorts are double .
The Chimney Bellflower ( C.pyramidalis)is the tall one . It sends up long stalking of porcelain - blasphemous and clear lily-white flowers in August and continues blooming for six week . When in full efflorescence , the plant seems to form a gross pyramid . Of the dwarfer varieties , which are beautiful and useful in rock gardening , the Carpathian Harebell ( C.carpatica)is probably the most popular . It grows in dim tufts , not . exceeding 8 inches in width , and is handle with clear blue flowers contain on wiry stems . The Scotch Harebell , the Bluebell of lit , is the C.rotundifolia . It is an attractive flower have most dainty minuscule Alexander Graham Bell of blue angel which appear during former Spring . This kind is see groundless in many of the hills and mountains of our country and possess a sort of unexcelled daintiness .
UTILIZE . The uses are almost as varied as the numerous forms . The dwarfer potpourri are especially suit for small mete , for baskets and the rock garden . The tall ones , especially the Chimney Bellflower , are adaptable for gage cultivation or as specimen plant and make a beautiful medal for the patio or porch . The other smorgasbord are excellent in the margin or to use as cut flowers .
GENERAL . Campanulas should be present full sunshine and should not be crowd together in the beds . The tall varieties necessitate bet on to prevent injury from the high nothingness . They like a upright , rich stain , and in the Spring a little fine manure and some bonemeal should be dug around each plant . Most of the potpourri , especially the grandiloquent I , need wintertime protection , for if allowed to stand naturally , the heavy snows will flatten out the crown of leave to the ground , cause it to dilapidate . woods leaves should be packed between the plant , holding the leaves of the Campanula together with one hand . evergreen plant bough , chaff or hay will serve for the dwarfer ones . If the flowers are shorten immediately upon fading , the bloom season can be prolonged for several weeks .
PROPAGATION . Most of the Campanulas are biennials . For this reason germ must be inseminate each twelvemonth for have works which will flower the next yr . A error , commonly made , is in sow the seed too belatedly . It should be sown any prison term from May until August , harmonize to the variety , in rich soil which has been carefully prepared , and it should be water daily . The works should he hardened step by step , after they have been overwinter over in coldframes , and can be removed to the open ground in May . The row should be 12 inches apart , with an almost adequate amount of space between the plants . bellflower are also propagate by cuttings and segmentation .
