Growing bellflowers in flower pot or in garden

The genus Campanula includes about 300 species. A huge number and not all of them are suitable for garden of course, but the selection to choose from is still huge.

It does not really matter where your garden is located, or whether you have a wide bathroom window sill to grow bellflowers. If you bet on the right horse, it will work fine and bellflowers will make you happy.

The most common bellflowers you may see in gardens

Carpathian bellflower (Campanula carpatica) ,

wall bellflower(Campanula portenschlagiana),

thegreat bellflower(Campanula latifolia),
spotted bellflower(Campanula punctata),
Serbian bellflower(Campanula Scharskyana),
clustered bellflower(Campanula glomerata).

If you want to choose a beauty that grows well in a flowerpot, you should go for the Carpathian bellflower.It is an undemanding plant and you should provide a well-drained soil and cooler temperatures during winter (between 5-10 °C), moderate light and adequate watering. If you provide these conditions, it will bloom a lot and throughout the entire season.

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Bellflowers suitable for rockeries and dry places

Another very popular group of bellflowers are those that are able to spread and cover large areas. These can cope with rather difficult conditions and includethe Carpathian bellflower, Serbian bellflower and spotted bellflower.

A great candidate for shady corners

Are you looking for a bellflower that does not mind shade? Well, then you go for the durable and beautiful great bellflower. A good company for the great bellflower is hostasieboldiana, Aruncus or Astilbe.

And what about care?Care is basically the same for all bellflowers. Trim after flowering, fertilize with a well-ripened compost in the spring and pinch out young plants. If you do, bellflowers will branch out quickly and bloom a lot.

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