How to grow Campanula (kam-pan-u-la) From the Latin campanula, a
little bell, hence the common name, Bellflower (Campanulaceae).
A large genus of annuals, biennials and perennials for growing
in the border, wild garden, rock garden and greenhouse; widely
distributed over the Northern Hemisphere. Border species
cultivated C. x burghaltii, 2-i feet, large lavender bells, June
and July, sandy soil. C. carpatica, 9 inches, edging plant, also
rock garden, flowers blue, July and August, plant in the autumn
before leaves die down, avoiding dormant season; vars. `Ditton
Blue', 6 inches, indigo; 'Harvest Moon', violet-blue; 'Queen of
Somerville', 15 inches, pale blue; turbinata, 6 inches, purple-
blue; turbinata pallida, 6 inches, china-blue; 'White Star', 1
foot. C. grandis (syn. C. • latiloba), 3 feet, sturdy, rather
stiff growth, flowers close-set in spikes, open flat, blue, June
and July, creeping root-stock, lift every third year, grows in
shade. C. lactiflora, the finest of the bellflowers, 4-5 feet,
establishes