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Grace your garden with clusters of color. Campanula plants are perfect for gardeners looking for hardy, deer resistant flowers that enjoy the full sun and need little gardening attention.
The genus campanula, commonly known as bellflowers, are a group of herbaceous perennials that tend to grow in a low, bushy carpet. Profuse with blooms of delicate blue, purple, pink, and white, the bellflower rarely tops 12 inches in height but will spread indefinitely in cooler areas with part shade. These pretty plants are best suited to a boarder or rock garden but can grow as a ground cover given the right conditions.
In the wild, campanula prefer moist, well drained soil in areas with part sun or full shade. Preferring the canopy of trees, these ground cover perennials will often grow under pine or aspen trees in forested areas.
Choose a location in part sun to full shade with well draining soil. Incorporate up to 3 inches of organic matter, such as composted pine bark, across the planting bed to a depth of 6 to 8 inches. This practice improves drainage and provides better growing conditions for the campanula over long periods of time. Space plants 18 inches apart to allow for rambling growth.
Campanula like cool roots and moist soil, so give up to 2 inches of organic mulch across the top of the bed, such as composted pine needles. Keep soil moist but not soggy, applying additional water during especially hot or dry spells. Mulch over the entire bed with additional matter for winter to protect the delicate roots.
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