Description

Canterbury Bells

Campanula medium

500 seeds

Super easy to grow. Canterbury Bells (Campanula medium) make a dramatic garden display. Handsome plants have large flowers and give a wonderful splash of colour early in the season. Flowers are are special bespoke blend of colours that I think look the best in the garden and are the easiest to blend and arrange with, shades include white, pink and lavender. Super fresh seeds for the grow-a-long they have only just arrived from the breeder especially for you to grow.

Great for cutting; the strong stems of large bell shaped flowers of up to 100cm tall look wonderful in arrangements and can hold their own when mixed with mighty peonies and Roses.

How to grow:

Sow one seed per cell into a 40 cell tray. leave uncovered. Light aids germination. Sowing early in autumn in an unheated greenhouse will be naturally warm enough.

The foliage is deep green with lance shaped leaves filling a nice spot in the garden.

Plants grow well in part shade as well as full sun, great for those difficult areas in the garden.

We will pot on ‘once’ depending on the winter but usually around December time, before planting out in the garden (22cm apart) in late Winter/very early Spring.

Plants produce multiple stems of large bell shaped flowers, as many as 8 stems is possible if grown well. Benefit from some support especially in wind and rain.

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Details:
Variety:  Campanula medium
Type: Biennial
Position: Full sun/part Shade
Sow: Early Autumn
Germination: 7-21 days
Height: 50-100cm
Harvest: Late May and June
Seeds per packet: 500 (counted by weight)

Cutting /Vase Life:

Flowering from late May into June. For the longest vase life, start to Pick stems once the first flowers are open, before the bees pollenate them. Once pollenated the vase life will be shorter, but you can easily deadhead any spent flowers neatly with snips before arranging to bring into the house. I always rest stems in water for at least a few hours, preferably overnight, this is called conditioning.