Campanula persicifolia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Campanula persicifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Campanula persicifolia, Linn. Fig. 765. Perennial, 2-3 ft.: st. erect: lvs. glabrous, rigid, crenulate; root-lvs. lanceolate- obovate; st.-lvs. linear-lanceolate or spatulate, of ten 3 in. long: calyx-lobes acuminate, wide at the base, entire, half as long as the broadly bell-shaped corolla: fls. blue or white. pedicelled, solitary, terminal and axillary, often 1½ in. long, 2 in. broad: caps, ovoid, 3-grooved. Eu. B.M. 397. G.C. III. 43:384. Gn. 75, p. 30. G. 6:297. Gn. M. 14:9. G.W. 3, p. 292. C.L.A. 13:478; the white form in G. 13:71 and Gn. W. 23:Suppl. Jan. 27; the double white in G.C. III. 27:409 and G. 3:563. One of the best of all perennial campanulas. Var. macrantha is a large-fld. form with fls. all along the st. Gt.44, p. 148. Gn.48, p. 306. A.F. 6:383. S.H. 1:131. Var. alba grandiflora and var. Backhousei are among the popular white-fld. forms. There are double and semi-double forms in blue and white. The double white is useful for cutting. For portraits of var. grandiflora, see G. 27:458; 28:553, 673; G.W. 12, p. 433. Var. coronata, Hort., is a semi-double white form. F.S. 7:699. The pictures in B.M. and F.S. show distinctly saucer-shaped fls. Var. Moerheimei, Hort. White-fld., double, 2-3 in.diam.: excellent. G.C. III. 27:414. G.M. 49:535. G.W. 6, p. 545; 12, p. 434. A.G. 23:497. Var. marginata, Hort., has white fls. tinted blue on the borders. R.B. 32, p. 252. This species occasionally runs wild, especially in England. The lvs. are very characteristic, and, once seen, are never forgotten. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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