campanulas for shade
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: campanulas for shade
- From: C* P*
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 21:23:18 EDT
Hello Shade Robins:
Since this list is very quiet, I assume you are all in malaise from the hot
summer and the (east coast) rainy humid hot September.
I am there too so have been making notes on next year's garden. In a book by
Robin Lane Fox there are good suggestions on using campanula in the shade.
The first is c. alliariifola 'Ivory Bells'. He says "everybody knows about
the hosta, but nobody bothers with this equally obliging Campanula. This
plant "will grow almost anywhere, even in dry shade".
Next is c. latiloba. That one seems hard to locate. Also for dry shade and
under shrubs. A variety called 'Percy Piper' is a deep blue violet. This is
described as robust.
A third is c. burghaltii.
Last is the c. punctata. Punctata is one of those plants with a warning. I
have one in the shady edge of the rock garden in poor soil. It doesn't do
much running around.
All of these plants seem to carry bell shaped pendant flowers and would offer
something new to try in the shade. Seed may be the way for American
gardeners to have these plants. Arrowhead Alpines carries two of them for
spring shipment.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
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