Scientific Name: Campanula carpatica
Common Name: Carpathian harebell, canterbury bells
Family Name: Campanulaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Spreading
Form: Mounded
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Dentate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves oval or heart-shaped, most blades 2-4cm long x 1.5-2.5cm wide, margin toothed; flowers relatively large, facing upwards, cup-shaped, to 3cm wide, blue-violet or sometimes pink or white.