code: 590
In the wild it grows in damp meadows in the foothills of Russia, northern Asia and Iran.
Family: Campanulaceae
Common name: CAMPANULA ODONTOSEPALA, (Campanula repens)
Plant Classification: Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 30 cm
Maximum Height: 50 cm
This rare and unique new-to-gardens plant has been obtained from the Hungarian Botanic Garden at Vacratot, where it makes a slowly-spreading carpet of delicate stems carrying thin-tubed, flared-ended, sky blue flowers which have great value as they appear late in the year when most other bellflowers are long-gone. In the wild it grows in damp meadows in the foothills of Russia, northern Asia and Iran.
Sowing advice:
For best results, sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost. Cover the seeds with fine grit or compost to approximately their own depth. They can be sown at any time, and germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. However, we sow most seeds in an unheated greenhouse and wait for natural germination as many seeds have built-in dormancy mechanisms, and often wait for spring before emerging regardless of when they are sown. But spring sowing will obviously give them a full season of growth if successful germination occurs.
