Willow Bellflower (Peach-Bells)
Campanula persicifolia. CAMPANULACEAE.
Planting and Growing Willow Bellflower
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow willow bellflower in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of willow bellflower
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for willow bellflower
- Season of bloom and planting time for willow bellflower
- When, how deep, and where to plant willow bellflower
- How to plant willow bellflower
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of willow bellflower
- Landscape and container uses of willow bellflower
- Comments about willow bellflower and its features
Growing Willow Bellflower
Several cultivars of upright, narrow, dense perennial herbs, 2–3 ft. (60–90 cm) tall and about 1 ft. (30 cm) wide. Smooth, bright green, peach, narrow, lance-shaped leaves, 4–8 in. (10–20 cm) long. Evergreen, zones 9–10.
See also three plants with similar care needs and landscape uses: Bellflower, many biennial or perennial Campanula species and cultivars, Canterbury Bells, Campanula medium, a biennial with striking, sometimes double flowers, and Chilean Bellflower, Nolana paradoxa, a distantly related plant of another genus.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many blue, purple, white, cupped, dainty flowers, to 1–1/2-in. (38-mm) wide, in loose sprays on slender, wiry stems, 2–3 ft. (60–90 cm) tall, in late spring–autumn.
Best Climates
Hardy. Zones 3–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained humus. Fertility: Rich–average. 6.5–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to partial shade, 12–18 in. (30–45 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep moist. Fertilize monthly. Divide when crowded to maintain vigor. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for backgrounds, beds, borders, edgings in rock, shade, wildlife, woodland gardens. Good for cutting. Attracts birds, hummingbirds. Slug, snail and aster yellows susceptible.