Re: campanulas for shade

Another campanula for shade is C. takesimana, with graceful arching stems of
creamy white, pink flecked elongated bell shaped blooms in August. I think
Dr. Seuss must have been inspired by this flower.
----- Original Message -----
From: Claire Peplowski <ECPep@AOL.COM>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 6:23 PM
Subject: [SG] campanulas for shade


> 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
> z4
>
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