Campanula Sarastro

9 years ago

Last year when this plant was smaller, I wasn't sure I liked it. The large, bell-shaped blooms seemed out of proportion to the plant. I guess a year makes a difference. I think it's pretty striking now. About 2 feet tall.

The only thing supporting this plant are a few, small, bamboo stakes around the outside of the plant with some garden twine tied around them. That was enough to keep everything upright the other day when we had over 4 inches of heavy rain.

I must be honest, this is the only Campanella I grow. I've tried a few others, but none of them really grabbed me. Is anyone growing another variety they really like?

Kevin

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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
9 years ago
Kevin,

Quickly off the top of my head, two that I have, that stay put, are "Summertime Blues" and "Freya".

What I like about SB is that it can flower in much less than full sun and will bloom all summer. "Freya" is more tight but still floriferous. I have 3 "Freya" and they are just starting to flower now.

(Here is a picture of one of them from late last June).

(Both can splay depending on the amount of sun and rain).
flowergirl70ks
9 years ago
Joan Elliot, like the pic above, but shorter.
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Sorry, unless I'm missing something that is not a campanula. That's a columbine. wieslaw - I'm still waiting for mine to rebloom (if it does), but what you mentioned is correct as far as I can see. When all the flowers were open I just had a feeling the whole thing would tip over with the first storm. The flower stems appeared too weak to hold up all those blooms. And that's exactly what happened. Kevin This post was edited by aachenelf on Thu, Jul 18, 13 at 9:54
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aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
9 years ago
Campanula primulifolia, is one of my favorites I grew this one from seed in 2007, had it for a couple of years before it didn't come back. I searched and searched for more seed, finally found some and now have a flat full, not quite big enough to plant out yet but soon. Annette
sunnyborders
9 years ago
Agree it's striking, Kevin.

Don't mind staking.

Prefer the proportions of one of the apparent parents of 'Sarastro'; namely Campanula latifolia.

Have 'Brantwood'.
Picture: June 22, 2013.
aachenelf z5 Mpls
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9 years ago
rouge - I like the tiered flowering. That's nice.

Annette - That is a stunner! Almost delphinium like.

Sunny - So that's one of the parents of Sarastro? Interesting. I can see the family resemblance. Very pretty and very upright which I like.

Kevin
donna_in_sask
9 years ago
I must admit, I don't give campanulas much of a chance in my garden. Doesn't help that most of the ones hardy for my zone are incredibly invasive like clustered and creeping bellflower. The only one I don't actively weed out is peach-leafed but even that one is weedy.

The ones pictured sure look nice.
Glen4sure
9 years ago
I purchased this bellflower over 4 years ago and it is very invasive but I used it to my advantage. I have areas around my property where it hard to plant or grow anything (too many roots). I placed some of these bellflowers there and they completely covered the area. I still keep a close eye on them.
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
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aachenelf, I'm a sucker for most of the Campanulas, the only one that gets away on me is C. poscharskyana. I have it wandering through a low rock wall, when finished blooming I rip it out down to it's roots. I also have 'Sarastro' but it sure doesn't look like your beauty this year, I had to move it and it's sulking. The others I have are rotundifolia and glomerata, don't have a problem with either one. The primulifolia in the picture was supposed to be thyrsoides, I got the seed from the U.K. obviously a mixup, I got a replacement from them but waited to long to plant the seed, it didn't germinate :(, still looking for seed for thyrsoides.

SunnyBorders, 'Brantwood' is a stunner, another to put on my list.

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