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Julie LanteriJulie Lanteri Posts: 133
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Is this campanula punctata?

I saw it in a magazine and put it on my wish list. After a bit of research it seems like it spreads quite a bit... But there are the lovely bells, tempting me again. Can you tell me more about this plant? Is it invasive to the point you wish you hadn't planted it?

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Last edited: 26 May 2016 10:01:04

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,275

    Hi Julie. If you are talking about the pink bell shaped flowers with the white edge then yes, this is campanula punctata. I have some but I don't consider them to be too invasive, and with flowers like that I don't really care image

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  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    I agree ladybird. In my first house I had a wee ordinary campanula and it crept everywhere. Over the broken bricks in the wall, around the cracked concrete on the step...."you work away there" I thought. Even when not in flower, which was about two weeks a year it seemed, the leaves were a fresh rich green.

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,275

    Great minds pp, great minds! image

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  • Julie LanteriJulie Lanteri Posts: 133

     Thank you Ladybird and Plant pauper.

    So it would play nicely with other perennials, fruit shrubs and trees? (She asks, full of hope...)

    Last edited: 26 May 2016 13:04:23

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,275

    Definitely! image

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  • Julie LanteriJulie Lanteri Posts: 133

    Thank you Ladybird. Back on the wish list, with commendations! ?

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