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bellidifolia
Campanula bellidifolia
Adams.
Nomenclatuur
Most of the material offered as Campanula bellidifolia in the trade is Campanula patula or Campanula Aucheri 1). Campanula bellidifolia Adam = Campanula argunensis Rupr. (ssp.) = Hemisphaera bellidifolia (Adam) Kolak. & Serdyuk2)
Names
Eng.: Caucasian Bellflower
Habitus
Tufted, glabrate perennial, similar to Campanula tridentate. USDA Zone: 5-9 - Plant number: 1.110.770. It forms a low tuft or mound of small green leaves, bearing short upright stems that hold flaring violet-blue bells in late spring and early summer. Forms a deep taproot, so dislikes being divided or moved. Height; 10-20 cm, 4-8 inches. Spread; 15-30 cm, 6-12 inches.3)
Very attractive low-growing plants (10-30 cm). Form small pillow or courtines with multiple stems. The flowers are large, up to 4 cm, purple, blue, blue. Perennial. Soddy plant, with branched roots at the base of a scaly remnants of petioles; weak stems, flowered, fairly low, 10 - 12 (15) cm tall. 4)
Leaves
Rosette leaves long-petioled, ovate-orbicular, to ½ in. across, coarsely crenate, stem leaves smaller, spatulate. Foliage Color; Deep Green.
Leaves almost bare or sparsely pubescent, basal dlinnochereshkovye, small, yaytsevidnookruglye, crenate-dentate, stem leaves similar to basal shape, but smaller, short and much less jagged. 5)Flowers
Flower stems many, slender, erect, 1 fld., calyx with lanceolate appendages as long as the tube, corolla deep violet, campanulate. Flower Colour; Deep Blue. Purple; Blooming Time; Early Summer, Late Spring. Flower Head Size; Small. The flowers are large, up to 4 cm, purple, blue, blue. In our conditions, the first to bloom (1st decade of May) and bloom for 3-4 weeks. Weak stems, flowered, fairly low, 10 - 12 (15) cm tall. The teeth naked or nearly naked calyx oblong, obtuse, 4 - 5 times shorter than campanulate corolla purple; appendages lanceolate, obtuse or acute, exceeding the length of the calyx tube; hairy receptacle; box almost round; leaf brown, without border.6)
Fruit
Seed available, in small quantity. Information needed.- Species actually grown or used for breeding 7)
Breeding
OBSERVATIONS
The first thing you must realize is that you cannot practically expect to cross any species with any other, for the following reasons: * 1. Different numbers of chromosomes. This barrier alone cuts the number of possible crosses in half. * 2. Different flowering times. When the flowering period of Campanula bellidifolia is over, Campanula lasiocarpa begins, and later Campanula piperi. Unless you adequately save and store the pollen, or force a plant to bloom at a different time than it would normally, you cannot make some crosses. (To store pollen, put it in glassine envelopes, then in a jar containing about 1/4 inch of silica gel. Cover tightly and refrigerate.).8)Varieties
* Campanula bellidifolia var. latifolia
* Campanula bellidifolia var. pauciflora
* Campanula bellidifolia Adam var. saxifraga Victorov Campanula saxifraga M.Bieb = Campanula bellidifolia Adam var. saxifraga Victorov = Hemisphaera saxifraga (M.Bieb.) Kolak.9)Beneficial
A true alpine species of Bellflower, this is best suited to the rock garden, alpine trough garden or gravel scree. Grows well in rock crevices or walls. Not a good choice for the perennial border. Best increased by seed or by cuttings. Most likely hardy in Zone 4 or colder. Sun Exposure; Full Sun. Soil Type; Sandy. Soil pH; Neutral or Alkaline or Acid; Soil Moisture; Average or Dry. Care Level; Moderate. Plant Uses & Characteristics; Alpine & Rock, Containers, Drought Tolerant. Foot Traffic; None. Growth Rate; Slow. 10)
Very attractive low-growing plants (10-30 cm) from the alpine zone of mountains, growing on rocks and scree. Uses: rockeries.11)
Living
From the alpine zone of mountains, growing in the cracks of rocks in the middle and alpine zones. Uses: rockeries. 12)
Origin
Caucasus.
Alpine zone of mountains, growing in the cracks of rocks in the middle and alpine zones, in the gorges of the Caucasus. Endemic. 13)