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Campanula medium Canterbury Bells Mixed
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Campanula medium Canterbury Bells Mixed
Hardy Biennial
- Flowers: Mid-Summer
- Position: Sun or part shade
- Soil: Well drained
- Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Height: 48 inches
- Germination: Easy
- Aftercare: Easy
- Ideal for: Cottage Garden
Description
Masses of bells in an astonishing range of blues, whites and pinks. A gentle reminder of the cottage garden days. Flowers summer. Height 90-120cm (3-4ft).
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | late spring/early summer. |
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| Sowing depth: | 6mm (žin) deep, 15cm (6in) apart. |
Sow outdoors in a well prepared seed bed. Sow the seeds very thinly in drills.
Growing Instructions
Transplant the seedlings before they become crowded 15cm (6in) apart into a reserve border for the summer. Plant out 38cm (15in) apart where they are to flower.
Aftercare Instructions
For a greenhouse display in the summer pot up a few plants into 8in pots in the autumn and place in a coldframe or slightly heated greenhouse for the winter.