- Peach-leaved Bellflower
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- Caring for the peach-leaved bellflower: This is what you need to know
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The Peach-leaved Bellflower is a special species of bluebell. Here's everything you need to know about the peach-leaved bellflower.
A native species among the bluebells (Campanula) is the peach-leaved bellflower (Campanula persicifolia). Its blossoms bathe many flower meadows in deep blue or pure white.
Peach-leaved Bellflower
The Peach-leaved Bellflower is an extremely ornamental perennial. Since it also occurs wild in Germany, it is excellently adapted and uncomplicated to care for. The species sets beautiful accents in your own garden and is even suitable as a cut flower.
Peach-leaved bellflower: origin and properties
It occurs on wild meadows, at the edges of forests and on dry soil: the peach-leaved bellflower. With its beautiful flowers, the native wild plant decorated many a cottage garden as early as the 17th century. No wonder, because its large yet delicate white, blue or purple flowers are simply enchanting. It is variable in height and adapts to its location. In the rock garden it stays at a size of 30 centimetres, while in a fresh meadow or at the edge of the forest it can grow to 70 centimeters or more. Since its home range extends from Siberia to Europe, it is perfectly adapted to our conditions. Since the peach-leaved bellflower is a perennial, it will sprout new inflorescences without any problems even after a winter at -30 °C. Their leaves remain green through the winter.
Peach-leaved Bluebell Varieties
Peach-leaved bluebells have several subspecies. In the following we present three different subspecies and their varieties with different advantages.
Campanula persicifolia subsp. persicifolia
Campanula persicifolia subsp. persicifolia is an excellent choice for your perennial border. The tall, slender inflorescences bear abundantly delicate flowers, while the narrow oneslanceolate leaves cover the ground. Some varieties of this subspecies are the following:
- 'Grandiflora Alba': The flowers of the 'Grandiflora Alba' variety appear large and bright white in June and July. It reaches a height of up to 80 cm.
- 'Grandiflora Coerolea': It is very similar in growth and appearance to the 'Grandiflora Alba' variety. Only the color of the flowers is different, because their flowers shine in a delicate blue-violet.
- ‘Blue Bloomers’: The breeding form ‘Blue Bloomers’ is exciting. As the name suggests, it bears blue flowers. What is special, however, is that these are half filled. Another bell with five leaves sits in the five-petalled bell flower. This variety also reaches a height of up to 80 cm.
Campanula persicifolia subsp. nitida
The varieties of the subspecies Campanula persicifolia subsp. nitida. They are pretty in rock gardens and do well in very sunny spots. This subspecies comes in white and blue-violet flowers.
- ‘Alba’: This compact variety only reaches a height of around 20 cm - an ideal flowering plant for every rock garden. With its compact growth, the plant defies sun and drought and shows off its white flowers in May and June
Campanula persicifolia subsp. sessiliflora
The inflorescences of Campanula persicifolia subsp. sessiliflora are towering. This subspecies is better known under the synonym Campanula latiloba.
- 'Highcliffe Variety': The purple-blue flowering variety makes a beautiful cut flower or fence border.
- 'Hidcote Amethyst': This variety attracts attention with its unusual flower colour. In light pink, it forms an excellent accent to the typical blue-violet of many other bluebells.
Plant Peach-leaved Bellflower
The peach-leaved bellflower does well in sunny and partially shaded places. Depending on the variety, however, there are preferences. The dwarf bluebells of the subspecies Campanula persicifolia subsp. are particularly suitable for rather dry locations. nitida. All peach-leaved bluebells actually like it to be permeable and yet humus. Make sure the soil is neutral or slightly alkaline, meaning it has a pH of 7 or more. Do you have one tooacidic soil, consider liming to increase pH.
Peach Leaved Bellflower Summary:
- Sunny to semi-shady location
- Humus, permeable soil
- Neutral to alkaline pH
Caring for the peach-leaved bellflower: This is what you need to know
Fortunately, your peach-leaved bellflower does not require much care. Just give it some of our Plantura long-acting organic flower fertilizer when it starts growing in spring to provide it with all the important nutrients it needs all year round.
Apart from that, your bluebell can do just fine on its own. From time to time, however, a little water can do no harm, especially in dry locations such as rock gardens. If you want to prevent the plant from seeding, you can remove the flower stalks before the seeds ripen.
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