Campanula

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Plant Characteristics

Origin:	✈	N Hemisphere, esp. Med. to Caucasus

Cultivation

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Scientific Names

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Campanula is one of several genera of in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. The genus includes about 300 species and several subspecies. Distributed across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with greatest diversity from the Mediterranean region east to the Caucasus.

The species include annual, biennial and perennial plants, and vary in habit from dwarf arctic and alpine species under 5 cm high, to large temperate grassland and woodland species growing to 2 m tall.

Cultivation

Campanula calendar?
January:
February:
March:	sow
April:	transplant
May:	flowering
June:	flowering
July:	flowering
August:	flowering
September:	flowering
October:	divide
November:
December:
Notes:

Propagation

Seed in spring in cold frame, or from cuttings. Sow alpine in cold frame in fall. For true offspring, you must take cuttings in the spring, or divide the plants in spring or fall.

Pests and diseases

Campanula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Pug (recorded on Harebell), Dot Moth, Ingrailed Clay (recorded on Harebell), Lime-speck Pug and Mouse Moth.

Species

Well-known species include the northern European Campanula rotundifolia, commonly known as Harebell in England and Bluebell in Scotland, and the southern European Campanula medium, commonly known as Canterbury Bells, which is a cultivated garden plant in the United Kingdom. As well as several species occurring naturally in the wild in northern Europe, there are many cultivated garden species. The species Campanula rapunculus, commonly known as Rampion Bellflower, Rampion, or Rover Bellflower, is an annual vegetable and a popular garden plant, though sometimes considered too invasive. There are blue, purple and white varieties.

Selected species:

Campanula abietina Campanula adsurgens Campanula affinis Campanula alliariifolia Campanula alpestris Campanula alpina Campanula alsinoides Campanula americana Campanula angustiflora Campanula aparinoides - Marsh bellflower Campanula ardonensis Campanula argyrotricha Campanula arvatica Campanula aucheri Campanula autraniana Campanula barbata - Bearded bellflower Campanula baumgartenii Campanula beauverdiana Campanula bellidifolia Campanula betulifolia Campanula bononiensis Campanula caespitosa Campanula calaminthifolia Campanula californica Campanula carpatica - Carpathian harebell Campanula cashmeriana Campanula celsii Campanula cenisia Campanula cervicaria Campanula chamissonis Campanula cochleariifolia - Fairies' thimble Campanula collina Campanula colorata Campanula crenulata Campanula dichotoma Campanula divaricata Campanula elatines Campanula elegans Campanula ephesia Campanula erinus Campanula excisa Campanula exigua - Chaparral bellflower Campanula filicaulis Campanula formanekiana Campanula fragilis Campanula gansuensis Campanula garganica - Adriatic bellflower Campanula gelida Campanula glomerata - Clustered bellflower Campanula griffinii Campanula hemschinica Campanula hercegovina Campanula heterophylla Campanula imeretina Campanula incurva Campanula isophylla - Italian bellflower Campanula jacobaea Campanula kachethica Campanula kantschavelii Campanula kemulariae Campanula khasiana Campanula kolenatiana Campanula komarovii Campanula laciniata Campanula lactiflora - Milky bellflower Campanula lanata Campanula lasiocarpa Campanula latifolia - Giant bellflower Campanula latiloba Campanula lingulata Campanula linifolia Campanula longistyla Campanula lusitanica

Campanula lyrata Campanula macrorhiza Campanula macrostyla Campanula makaschvilii Campanula medium - Canterbury bells Campanula michauxioides Campanula mirabilis Campanula moesiaca Campanula mollis Campanula morettiana Campanula oblongifolia Campanula ochroleuca Campanula olympica Campanula orbelica Campanula oreadum Campanula orphanidea Campanula parryi Campanula patula - Spreading bellflower Campanula pelviformis Campanula peregrina Campanula persicifolia - Peach-leaved bellflower Campanula petraea Campanula petrophila Campanula phrygia Campanula phyctidocalyx Campanula piperi Campanula portenschlagiana - Wall bellflower Campanula poscharskyana - Serbian bellflower Campanula prenanthoides Campanula primulifolia Campanula pulla Campanula punctata Campanula pyramidalis - Chimney bellflower Campanula raddeana Campanula raineri Campanula ramosissima Campanula rapunculoides - Creeping bellflower Campanula rapunculus - Rampion bellflower Campanula reiseri Campanula reuteriana Campanula rhomboidalis Campanula rotundifolia - Harebell Campanula rupestris Campanula sarmatica Campanula sartorii Campanula saxatilis Campanula saxifraga Campanula scabrella Campanula scouleri Campanula sharsmithiae Campanula shetleri Campanula sibirica Campanula spicata Campanula spruneriana Campanula stevenii Campanula stricta Campanula strigosa Campanula teucrioides Campanula takesimana - Korean bellflower Campanula thessela Campanula thrysoides Campanula tomentosa Campanula tommasiniana Campanula trachelium - Nettle-leaved bellflower Campanula trautvetteri Campanula tridentata Campanula uniflora Campanula versicolor Campanula vidalii Campanula violae Campanula wilkinsiana Campanula zoysii

References

• w:Campanula. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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External links

• See here for a more complete list of species