General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 2-6 inches
Plant Spread: Slow spreading
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Inflorescence Height: About 4 inches
Foliage Mound Height: About 2 inches
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Seeds germinate after a cold period.
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
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
  • Alpine Bellflower
  • Bellflower
  • Allioni's Bell
  • Large-Flowered Bellflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Campanula alpestris
  • Synonym: Campanula allionii

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Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-06-21
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Date: 2018-07-25
Best ID, not fully sure

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Comments:
  • Posted by growitall (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) on Feb 17, 2014 5:47 PM concerning plant:
    Campanula alpestris is native to the southwestern European Alps in screes and rock crevices at about 1400 to 2800 m elevation; substrates vary in lithology from mica schists and granites to limestone formations. It forms basal rosettes and mats of linear-to-lanceolate, entire, hairy gray leaves. Flower stems are 3 - 10 cm and bear outsized, 3 - 4.5 cm, cylindrical and campanulate bells that are held horizontally; flowers are usually single (occasionally double) and range from slate blue and lavender to purple. It is stoloniferous; not always easy in cultivation.

    Ref.: Dwarf Campanulas and Associated Genera, Graham Nicholls, 2006; Alpine Plants of Europe - A Gardener's Guide, Jim Jermyn, 2005.
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