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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: To 5cm in bloom
Plant Spread: Mat-forming.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Foliage Mound Height: To 3cm
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in spring. Alpine species should be sown in an open frame.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Other: take basal root cuttings
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Hairyflower Bellflower
  • Bellflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Campanula dasyantha subsp. chamissonis
  • Synonym: Campanula chamissonis

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Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2023-10-15
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2024-04-19
Campanula chamissonis
Location: My rock garden in St Louis
Date: 2016-04-24
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-06-13 
Young plant.
Location: My rock garden in St Louis
Date: 2017-05-05

photo by ghislain118

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