alba white giant bellflower Join the RHS today and get 12 months for the price of 9. The stem is unbranched, and the flowers are in … The perennial Bellflower gets its name from the flared bottoms of the flower blooms that give them the appearance of colorful bells. One or two bellflowers work well in shade, such as Campanula latifolia (similar habit to a foxglove), particularly the white form, and Campanula rapunculoides 'Alba'. Billowing masses of lavender blue starry flowers are a sublime expression of early summer’s lush beauty. Campanula latifolia 'Amethyst' blooms in June with large, violet-blue bells on tall stems. It's a long-lived, shade-tolerant perennial. Great White Bellflower. At present our information about this plant is … This plant is listed in the RHS Plant Finder book. Deer avoid it! Large dangling bell-shaped blooms appear along the stems and … I have one clump of this, and four of C. latifolia var Macrantha. Again, most prefer well-drained soil, but do benefit from an autumn or spring mulch of homemade compost or well-rotted manure. The leaves are nettle-shaped, but not hairy, larger at the bottom of the stem and becoming smaller towards the top. Campanula latifolia is a large, leafy perennial with tubular bell-shaped flowers in shades of blue, lilac or white in summer. Listed in the RHS Plant Finder. alba, the purple eye and faintest flush of that colour in the white, elevates this into a classy looking perennial.Although upright in growth, I have never needed to stake this plant, and because the clump occupies very little ground space, it can provide very useful vertical accent points among lower-growing perennials. Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula latifolia 'Alba' Family: (Campanulaceae) (P) to 5′. The foliage stays low and neat. Sun. The white form blooms a week or so later than the Purple Macrantha and just after C. calycanthema. Campanula trachelium: stems sharply angled, lower leaf blades evidently cordate at the base, and inflorescence a loose raceme of 1-4 flowers from the apex of stems and branches (vs. C. latifolia, with stems bluntly angled, lower leaf blades rounded to cuneate at the base, and inflorescence a collection of solitary flowers in the axils of leaves). About Campanula Persicifolia White. They are a carefree plant in my garden. With varying plant heights that reach anywhere from 1- 6 feet (depending on the variety planted), these hardy plants make great additions to rock gardens and cottage gardens. The C. latifolia alba is 3 ft tall in my border while the Macrantha is close to 5 ft. in 4 locations. Why are there no more details? The contrast brings out all the other colors in your garden. Stunning. Campanula latifolia var. Blooms in June and July. Large bells of pristine white clusters along a very upright stem. 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