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Unknown Campanula

comments (9) June 26th, 2009 in gallery

sbbmaine sbbmaine, member
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I purchased several of these from Home Depot.  Campanula, for sure.  The cultivar ... no idea as they were unlabeled.  These are double blueish lavendar, about 2.5' (haven't measured) in container.  They are really lovely and I'd love to know what they are.  I've seen some with similar flowers that are the low growing type ... not this.  This is tall and has spikes of flowers.   Anyone know??

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stepheagle07 writes: I just saw one outside the local Hardee's and they said it was a purple lisanthias STAR plant. I asked if when they clean the area if I could get a start from it as it was so pretty. Posted: 3:15 pm on August 17th
sbbmaine writes: Thanks for all of the comments, it's fun trying to figure out a puzzle. This is a campanula cultivar, no doubt. I knew that when I posted, just trying to determine which one. Still thinking "La Belle". Posted: 12:56 pm on July 2nd
furballs writes:
I remembered the name of the cultivar I thought I recognized in this pic. It's the 'Get Mee' series, a cultivar of the Dalmation Bellflower, or C. portenschlagiana. The double Get Mee is uncannily similar to the pictured one. This link shows a pic of the double Get Mee in white, if you'd like to look at it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/90985255@N00/2201415669/

There are a great many sites with varying information on campanula species and cultivars, such as this one from Fine Gardening. http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/genus/campanula.aspx.

Unfortunately, I could not find anything that had a picture of the flowers that looked like this, other than Get Mee. So now I'm very curious about this ! Just how tall is this plant ? Any chance of a picture showing height and form beside a ruler or some other frame of reference for size, along with the leaf and flower ? Might make it easier to ID. Just an idea. Posted: 12:28 pm on June 30th
furballs writes: Oops, I missed part of your description, just the bit about height and the width of the flowers :-). Must have been a temporary brain freeze :-).. The one I'm thinking of isn't really tall, perhaps 8 inches for a large plant. I'll still check the nursery and see what their information is, might be they'll know if there is another cultivar that's taller. The flowers in your pic look identical to the one I was thinking of, but on the one whose name escapes me, the flowers are very small, no more than 3/4's of a inch across, not 2- 1/2 inches. Sorry my enthusiasm got the better of me. Posted: 11:04 pm on June 29th
furballs writes: Does this plant have quite small leaves, kind of bushy growth ? If so, I know what is is, but I'm just wracking my brain trying to remember the cultivar name. It's relatively new, and is sold as an annual here in zone 6, or else with instructions to winter indoors, as it is too tender for our winters. It comes in that lovely lavender blue and also in white, some of the flowers are so double they almost look like roses. The same series has single flowered forms too, both cuplike and with separate petals. Next time I'm at the nursery I can find out the cultivar name for sure, if I can't remember it before that. It's a lovely plant, for sure, and so far as I recall, perennial in warmer zones than mine. I can likely find out the zone info too once I have the cultivar name. Posted: 10:57 pm on June 29th
NVJungle writes: This looks like - Aquilegia vulgaris,

Clematis-flowered Columbine, "Clementine blue"

Difficult to tell exactly - as we cannot see the foliage.

Good luck with your search

NVJungle
Posted: 8:32 pm on June 29th
sbbmaine writes: Thank you .. looks like lisianthus, but I do think it's campanula .. "La Belle". I had seen the photos online, but the color was off -- darker than mine, and shorter. However, after looking again, and finding more images, I think you are correct. La Belle, nice to meet you. Posted: 7:02 pm on June 29th
MelindaWilson writes: I think this is a lisianthus. Posted: 5:10 pm on June 29th
Cubkin writes: Try this: Campanula persicifolia 'La Belle', new double flowering variety, 24" tall. I found it on a website called www.hoffienursery.com - they have a couple good pictures for reference.

Wendy Achterhof
Southwest Michigan
Posted: 2:48 pm on June 29th
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