General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Spread: 6 inches (15 cm)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Inflorescence Height: 6 inches (15 cm)
Foliage Mound Height: Less than 4 inches (10 cm)
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Seeds germinate after a cold period.
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in spring. Alpine species should be sown in an open frame.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Other: take basal root cuttings
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Bellflower
  • Harebell
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Campanula saxifraga
  • Synonym: Campanula bellidifolia subsp. saxifraga

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2014-06-19
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-06-21

Date: 2009-04-20
Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net

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Comments:
  • Posted by growitall (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) on Feb 17, 2014 5:04 PM concerning plant:
    Campanula saxifraga is native to the northern Caucasus region, where it grows in rocky substrates in the sub-alpine to alpine zones. The root is thick and branched. Leaves are up to 7 cm long, occur in a basal rosette, and are glabrous and lanceolate-to-spatulate. Flower stems are erect and from 5 - 10 cm with linear-lanceolate, sessile leaves to 3 cm. Flowers are campanulate, 2-3 cm long, deep purple-blue, pendant to erect, with a white or light blue base. The plant is deciduous.

    Ref.: Dwarf Campanulas and Associated Genera, Graham Nicholls, 2006.

    This is an easy alpine for the rock garden, or for the front of the border.

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