Canterbury Bells is a biennial. During its first year of life, it grows as a dinner plate size rosette of leaves with little to distinguish it from a common weed. The leaves are evergreen in Arkansas' climate.
Canterbury Bells is a flowering plant with attractive bell shaped flowers with a flat base. Colors they come in are blue, purple, mauve or white. They produce large spikes of long lasting blooms. They grow to 2-3 ft in height.
It is said that the common name Canterbury bells was given to the plant during the 12th century.
CANTERBURY BELLS Sow early in May as advised for Sweet Williams. Thin and plant out in the reserve plot 300 mm (1 ft) apart. In the normal way they are rather tall for bedding, often growing 1 m (3 ft) in height. They will however, put up with shade.
Rose Canterbury Bells
The large-belled pink campanula is C. medium "Rose Canterbury Bell." For has been one of two species of campanulas that greet us daily, together with several penstemons, right next to the mailbox.
How to Grow Canterbury Bells (Campanula Medium)
Although this flower is available in a variety of forms, it's the charming cup-and-saucer flower shape that's captured gardeners' hearts.
The biennial Canterbury bells (C. medium) is an old fashioned favorite, growing 12 to 30 inches tall and sporting boxy, bell-shaped flowers in shades of lilac, blue, pink and white.
Campanula medium (Canterbury Bells)
Cheiranthus cheiri (English Wallflower)
Delphinium grandiflorum (Chinese Delphinium) ...
Campanula medium (Canterbury Bells)
Campanula persicifolia (Peach Leaved Bellflower, Willow Bellflower)
Campanula portenschlagiana (Wall Harebell)
Campanula poscharskyana (Serbian Bellflower)
Campanula pyramidalis (Chimney Bellflower) ...
Campanula Macrantha - The stems of this handsome plant rise to a height of 5 feet, terminated by clusters of large deep blue flowers almost as large as Canterbury Bells, but less contracted at the mouth of the tube.
Among the most popular cultivated species are the harebell, or bluebell of Scotland (C. rotundifolia), native to Eurasia and North America, and the Canterbury bells (C. medium), native to S Europe.
and several subspecies, including the northern European Campanula rotundifolia, commonly known as harebell in England and bluebell in Scotland where it grows in the wild, and the southern European Campanula medium, commonly known as Canterbury Bells ...
Common biennials include: Foxglove (Digitalis), Money Plant (Lunaria), Lupines, sweet williams (Dianthus), Canterbury bells, hollyhocks, leeks (Allium), parsley, and cabbage.
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A typical selection pf perennials includes many-colored Delphiniums, Hollyhocks, Giant Oriental Poppies, Fox-gloves, the rich yellow Coreopsis, Phlox, Canterbury Bells, large-flowering Sweet Williams, Columbines, Forget-me-nots, Shasta Daisies, ...
Some of the better known biennials are Sweet Williams (Dianthus barbatus), Foxgloves ( Digitalis purpurea) and Canterbury bells ( Campanula medium).
 See also: Bells, Campanula, May, Bellflower, Pink
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