Scientific Name: Campanula persicifolia
Common Name: peach-leaved bellflower
Family Name: Campanulaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Semi-evergreen
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Basal, Sessile, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Linear, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Obovate, Crenate, Entire, Serrulate, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Raceme, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Basal leaves mostly oblanceolate 12-22cm long x 2-3cm wide, stem leaves linear, 10-15cm long x 5-15mm wide; racemes with milky sap up to 90cm tall, florets bell-shaped about 4cm wide, most lilac-blue or white, Jun-Aug.