RE: Canterbury bells
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Canterbury bells
- From: M* D*
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:35:52 -0400
Val: I have always read that canterbury bells require relatively cool
weahter, and so I have never even attempted it in the humid bog that I live
in. I'd love to know if I'm wrong!
Devon Miller
Chevy Chase, Maryland (zone 7)
-----Original Message-----
From: lowery@teamzeon.com [l*@teamzeon.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 9:56 AM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Canterbury bells
Valerie Lowery@ZEON
06/01/99 09:55 AM
Hi, everyone!
My sister has the biggest Canterbury bells (campanula medium) that I've
ever seen. The blooms are such a beautiful purplish-blue and are as big as
the palms of my hands. Needless to say, I'm jealous and would like a start
of this plant. We've never grown it before and so I looked it up in a
reference book. I was upset to see that this is considered a biennial. I
guess we won't have a plant come next spring, so it is imperative that we
get starts of this.
My question is, when do I try this? After the bloom? In the fall? I've
tried cuttings and just had them rot. I'm going to try perlite and/or sand
for this. Has anyone rooted cuttings of this plant before with success?
Val in KY
zone 6a
(is it just me, or is everything growing monstrous this year? I have
things that aren't supposed to bloom until early July blooming now!)
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