Peach-leaved bellflower: planting & care

The peach-leaved bellflower is a special kind of bellflower. Here, you can learn everything you need to know about the peach-leaved bellflower.

The peach-leaved bellflower (Campanula persicifolia) is a native species of bellflower (Campanula). Their flowers cover meadows in deep blue or pure white.

The peach-leaved bellflower is an extremely decorative perennial. Since it also occurs in the wild in Central Europe, it is excellently adapted and uncomplicated in care. This species sets beautiful accents in any home garden and is even suitable as a cut flower.

Peach-leaved bellflower: origin and properties

Found in wild meadows, forest edges and dry soils: the peach-leaved bellflower. With their beautiful flowers, this native wild plant decorated many cottage gardens as early as the 17th century. It is no wonder, since its large and yet graceful white, blue or purple flowers are simply enchanting. It is variable in height and adapts to its location. Thus, it remains at a size of 30 centimetres in rock gardens, while it can reach 70 centimetres or more in a fresh meadow or at the edge of the forest. Since its native range extends from Siberia to Europe, it is perfectly adapted to our conditions. Since the peach-leaved bellflower is a perennial, it sprouts new flowerheads without any problems, even after a winter in -30 °C. Its leaves remain green even through the winter.

Peach-leaved bellflower varieties

Peach-leaved bellflowers include several subspecies. Below we present three different subspecies and varieties with their different advantages.

Campanula persicifolia subsp. persicifolia

Campanula persicifolia subsp. persicifolia is an excellent choice for your perennial bed. The tall, slender flowerheads bear abundant delicate flowers, while the narrow lanceolate leaves cover the ground. Some varieties of this subspecies:

• ‘Grandiflora Alba’: Large and bright white flowers of the ‘Grandiflora Alba’ variety appear in June and July. It can reach a height of up to 80cm.
• ‘Grandiflora Coerolea’: It is very similar to the ‘Grandiflora Alba’ variety in growth and appearance. Only the flower colour is different, because its flowers shine in delicate blue-violet.
• ‘Blue Bloomers’: The ‘Blue Bloomers’ variety is especially exciting. As the name suggests, it bears blue flowers. Their special feature, however, is that they are half-filled. Another five-petaled bell sits inside the outer bell flower, also with five petals. This variety also reaches a height of up to 80 cm.

Campanula persicifolia subsp. nitida

Varieties of the subspecies Campanula persicifolia subsp. nitida are small growers. They look pretty in rock gardens and cope excellently with very sunny locations. This subspecies hosts white, as well as with blue-violet flowers.

• ‘Alba’: Only around 20 cm in height, this compact variety is an optimal flowering plant for any rock garden. With its compact growth, the plant defies sun and drought and displays its white flowering splendour in May and June

Campanula persicifolia subsp. sessiliflora

The flowerheads of Campanula persicifolia subsp. sessiliflora tower up to great heights. This subspecies is better known under the synonym Campanula latiloba.

• ‘Highcliffe Variety’: This violet-blue flowering variety makes a beautiful cut flower or border along fences.
• ‘Hidcote Amethyst’: This variety stands out for its unusual flower colour. In light pink, it makes an excellent accent to the typical blue-purple of many other bluebells.

Planting peach-leaved bellflower

The peach-leaved bellflower feels most at home in sunny and semi-shaded locations. Depending on the variety, however, there are other preferences. Dry sites are particularly suitable for the dwarf bellflower subspecies Campanula persicifolia subsp. nitida are small growers. All peach-leaved bellflowers like permeable and humus-rich soil. Make sure that the soil is neutral or slightly alkaline, that is, a pH value of 7 or more. If you have a soil that is too acidic, you should add lime to increase the pH.

Summary of planting peach-leaved bellflower:

• Sunny to partially-shaded location
• Humus-rich, permeable soil
• Neutral to alkaline pH value

Care of peach-leaved bellflower: what to consider

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Apart from that, your bellflower will also do quite well on its own. Every now and then, however, a little water does not hurt, especially in dry locations such as in rock gardens. If you want to prevent the plant from self-sowing, you can remove the flower stalks before the seeds ripen.

More information about bellflowers can be found here.