General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 30-50 cm
Plant Spread: 30 cm
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds: 4 weeks if sowing indoors
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
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
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Yellow Bellflower
  • Bellflower

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-06-03
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-06-08
Uploaded by longk
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-13
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-06 
Basal rosettes prior to blooming.

photo by ghislain118
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-07-28

photo credit: Thomas Mathis
Plant Events from our members
gardengus On May 5, 2015 Plant emerged
6-13-15 seedlings 2''
MrsBinWY On April 15, 2017 Potted up
15
MrsBinWY On February 16, 2017 Seeds germinated
MrsBinWY On February 4, 2017 Seeds sown
milk jug, cool room temp, 16 seeds from Alplains
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