Bellflower Seeds - Tussock Bellflower

BOTANICAL NAME

Campanula carpatica

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Shade
• Partial Shade

GROWTH HABIT

• Compact
• Clumping
• Mounding

PLANT HEIGHT

• 6 to 12 inches

COLOR

• Blue
• Purple

A charming perennial from the Carpathian Mountains, Tussock Bellflower brings a cool splash of lavender-blue blooms to the garden in early summer. Compact and dependable, it’s a lovely choice for rock gardens, border edges, and tucked-in spaces where its cheerful flowers can shine. This garden favorite has also earned the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit for reliable performance.

• Appreciates regular moisture and shade from the hot summer sun
• Naturally grows in elevated, mountainous habitat in and amongst rocks
• Does not thrive in steamy, high-heat-and-humidity gardens

PLANTING SEASON

• Spring
• Fall

SOWING METHOD

• 12 to 14 inches

PLANTING DEPTH

• Surface

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 12 to 14 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9

SEED PREP

• Requires Light
• Cold Moist Stratification