General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 8-36 inches (20-90 cm)
Plant Spread: 4-16 inches (10-40 cm)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Pink
Purple
White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
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
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Canterbury Bells
  • Bellflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Campanula medium
  • Synonym: Campanula medium var. calycanthema

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Uploaded by astera
Location: Granite Falls, WA Date: 2015-06-18
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Date: 2022-06-09 Canterbury Bells, Campanula medium, winter sown, blooming
Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Date: 2014-05-30
Location: My garden in Belgium Date: 2010-08-23
Location: My Garden Date: 2012-09-14
Date: 2014-05-30
Location: Sunriver Gardens, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-03-20
Date: 2013-03-15
Location: Ellis pottery Date: 2015-04-28
Location: Ellis pottery Date: 2015-04-28
Date: 2013-03-23
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b Date: 2012-05-25
Date: 2015-02-28
Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Date: 2014-01-20
Date: 2013-03-15
Date: 2014-02-09
Location: My garden in Belgium Date: 2009-08-01
Location: My garden in Belgium Date: 2009-07-23
Location: My garden in Belgium Date: 2010-08-23
Location: Sunriver Gardens, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-03-20
Location: Sunriver Gardens, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-03-20
Location: Sunriver Gardens, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-03-20
Date: 2013-02-12
Date: 2013-02-12
Date: 2013-03-23
Date: 2013-04-11
Date: 2013-04-11
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b Date: 2012-05-28
Location: Columbus, OH Date: 6-3-2004
Date: 2013-03-29
Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Date: 2013-02-28
Date: 2013-03-18
Date: 2013-03-18
Date: 2013-03-18
Date: 2014-01-20
Date: 2014-01-20
Date: 2014-01-20
Date: 2014-01-20
Date: 2013-03-15
Date: 2013-03-15
Date: 2013-03-15
Date: 2013-03-15
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b Date: 2012-05-26
Location: Ellis pottery Date: 2015-04-28
Date: 2014-02-28
Date: 2013-02-13
Location: Sunriver Gardens, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-03-20
Date: 2013-03-23
Date: 2013-02-12
Date: 2013-03-23
Date: 2014-01-10
Date: 2013-03-23
Location: Sunriver Gardens, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-03-20
Date: 2014-01-10
Date: 2013-02-12
Date: 2013-04-11
Date: 2013-03-23
Date: 2013-04-11
Date: 2013-04-11
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b Date: 2012-05-25
Courtesy Seeds of Victoria
  • Uploaded by vic
Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Date: 2013-03-29
Date: 2013-03-29
Date: 2013-03-29
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Date: 2015-02-28
Date: 2015-02-28
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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Feb 13, 2012 10:06 AM concerning plant:
    In gardens, they are best in massed planting in borders or among shrubs. The plants prefer cool or warm zones; not suitable for the tropics or hot, dry regions. The plant thrives in lightly shaded to sunny locations in well-drained soil. Canterbury Bells grows nicely in flower beds, borders, and containers. Seeds take 14-21 days to germinate. Keep well watered.
    Reply to this comment
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Apr 16, 2012 3:14 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant.
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