Campanula persicifolia ‘Takion Blue’

Lavender-blue and mauve flowers on tall spikes. Adaptable and reliable and easy to grow.

<em>Campanula persicifolia</em> 'Takion Blue'

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Established plants in two-litre containers

Description

Campanula persicifolia ‘Takion Blue’ is a popular cultivar of the archetypal cottage garden plant – the peach-leaved bellflower. Through spring it grows a rosette of lance-shaped, deep-green leaves before throwing up spikes that will eventually burst into flower as summer emerges. When the flowers do emerge they are a wonderful deep lavender colour, with a papery, semi-translucent texture. The cup (or bell, hence its common name) shaped flowers gently nod in the breeze and spikes emerge throughout summer, providing a long season of interest. They make excellent cut flowers. ‘Takion Blue’ tends to hold its flowers outwards, unlike other cultivars which gently hang, and is shorter than other persicifolia cultivars.

These established, garden-ready plants have been grown in peat-free compost at our nursery in Cornwall and are supplied in two-litre containers. They will grow to an ultimate height of about 50cm (18 inches or so) in good soils and a similar spread.

Growing Advice

Bellflowers are generally versatile and rewarding flowers to grow. They grow well in partial-sun or full-sun locations, and need soil that doesn’t dry out too quickly nor that becomes waterlogged in winter. Because the flowers are borne on spikes they prefer sheltered locations, not too exposed to the wind, which makes them a great mid-border plant where they can be supported in and amongst other plants. In a mild winter they will remain evergreen.

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