Campanula Medium
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Read about Campanula Medium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Campanula Medium, Linn. (Medium grandiflorum, Spach). Canterbury Bells. Fig. 764. Biennial, 1-4 ft.; plant pilose: st. erect: lvs. sessile, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, crenate-dentate: raceme lax, many-fld.; fls. violet-blue, varying to several shades and to white, 2 in. long; calyx-lobes ovate-acuminate, the appendages half as long as the ample ovate obtuse lobes; corolla bell-shaped, inflated. S. Eu. Gn. M. 14:9. Twoforms(aside from the single-fld.) occur: thedouble, Fig. 764a, with 1-3 extra corollas, and the var. calycanthema, Hprt., Fig. 764b, with an enlarged spreading and petal-like outer part sometimes deeply divided and sometimes little lobed or nearly entire (varying on the same plant). The var. calycanthema is the Cup-and-saucer form (the name hose-in-hose, sometimes applied in Campanula, would better be retained for Primula elatior); a fair percentage come true from seed; usually a stronger plant than the common C. Medium. G.C. III. 24:65. R.H. 1896, p. 301; 1897. p. 238. Gng. 5:88. Gn. 48, p. 295. F.S. 19, p. 152. G.W. 3, p. 291. G.Z. 17: 113. Var. Wiegandii, Hort. Lvs. golden yellow: fls. blue. Var. imperialis, Hort., is a very floriferous form or possibly a hybrid. — Canterbury bells are most commonly treated as hardy biennials, the seed being sown in the open border, but they do not flower the first year. They can also be treated as tender annuals, the seed being sown indoors in early spring and the plants set out May 1-15. They will then flower well the first season, but always better the second year. Sowings may also be made in April. May or later, in pots, boxes or beds, and plants then be transferred into some sheltered place where they can be slightly protected during the winter, and then transplanted in spring to their permanent places into good rich soil, where they will make a great show if they have had the right treatment. Let them stand 18-24 in. apart. Seedlings potted up in autumn may be brought into bloom readily indoors in spring; and even blooming plants, if not spent, may be potted direct from the garden and used in the house in autumn. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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