Adenophora

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	mostly Far East

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Water:	◍	moist, moderate
Sunset Zones:		1-10, 14-24, 30-43

Scientific Names

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Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. Its prevalent common name is ladybells. Many of its species are quite similar to species of Campanula, from which they differ only through the presence of a tubular or glandular disc at the base of the style.

Low foliage rosette, blue, bell-like flowers on stems, heat tolerant, July-Aug., height 24"-36", spread 12"-18". Use for border garden. Prefers well-drained soil.

Read about Adenophora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Adenophora (gland-bearing; referring to the cylindrical nectary which surrounds the base of the style). Campanulaceae. Campanula-like border perennials. Herbs, differing from Campanula chiefly by the style being surrounded by a cylindrical gland: corolla ball- shaped, 5-lobed: stamens free from corolla, the filaments dilated and ciliate toward base; caps. 3-celled.— About 14 species of hardy herbaceous perennials in Siberia, China and Japan. Fls. blue, nodding, on short pedicels, produced freely in midsummer in slender but stiff, erect panicles or loose racemes.—For cult. see Campanula.CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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Propagation

Propagation is by seeds or cuttings in spring. The plants do not take kindly to division or other disturbance of the roots. Many other species than those in the trade are worthy.^CH

Pests and diseases

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Species

Species include:

• Adenophora bulleyana
• Adenophora coelestis
• Adenophora confusa
• Adenophora lilifolia : a hardy perennials producing drooping pale blue flowers on branching spikes in July
• Adenophora polyantha

Read about Adenophora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

A. coronopifolia, Fisch. 1-3 ft.: radical lvs. petiolate, ovate-rotund, cordate, crenately toothed, hairy; upper lvs. sessile, entire or nearly so, glabrous, and linear lanceolate: fls. racemose, 3-10 in a cluster, blue, each fl. on a slender pedicel. June. Dahuria. A. denticulata, Fisch. (A. tricuspidata, DC.). 1 1/2-2 ft.: upper lvs. sessile, ovate-lanceolate, the lower and radical ones petioled and more or less orbicular: fls. small, blue, pedicillate, in a terminal, loose raceme. July. Dahuria. A. Gmelinii, Fisch. 1-2 1/2 ft.: lvs., or at least the upper ones, linear, narrow, entire or nearly so, and quite glabrous: fls. blue, 3-10 in a second racemose cluster which is axillary near the upper part of the st. Dahuria.—Suitable for dry and stony places. A. intermedia, Ledeb., not Sweet (A. coronata, DC.). Plant 2-3 1/2 ft.: radical lvs. petiolate, cordate, toothed: upper lvs. acutish at base, serrate, crowded: fls. pale blue, racemose, small. May. Siberia. A. periplocaefolia, DC. A dwarf (3 in.) perennial suitable for rockeries, with ascending st.: lvs. petiolate, ovate, acute at the apex, slightly cordate at the base, crenately serrate: fls. usually solitary and scapose, pale blue. June. Siberia. A. stylosa, Fisch. 1-2 ft., erect: Lvs. petiolate, the lower obovate and sinuate, the upper ovate, acuminate, quite glabrous: fls. few, racemose, the raceme naked, and lax. May. E. Eu. A. verticillata, Fisch. 2-3 ft.: st. simple: lvs. whorled, serrate, the upper ovate-lanceolate, the lower petiolate, sub-orbicular: fls. pale blue, small, arranged in irregular clusters near the top of the St., some, along the lower part of the st., in whorls. June. Dahuria. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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