Campanula, the photo of which immediately suggests that the plant belongs to the Bellflower family, has a lot of varieties.
Campanula garden blooms with blue, white and purple bells abundantly and continuously, from late spring to late autumn. This two-year-old herbaceous reaches a height of ten centimeters. Its stalk is mainly creeping, fed from the soil due to the fleshy root with numerous thin branches. Considered ampelous, for many years the plant was one of the most popular cultures, decorating pallets and sideboards with its hanging branches, the greens of which were covered in summer with numerous flowers, similar to bells. It now looks good both in a cache-pot and in a hanging basket, and its unpretentiousness allows this flower to be grown even by a novice grower.
This plant is a wonderful honey plant, with a lot of pollen and nectar, giving it a unique honey aroma.
Of the biological features of this bell, a direct effect of the amount of light on the shape of its leaves, and air humidity on the color of the corolla, is noted.
Campanula garden, the care of which is quite simple, not very demanding on the living conditions, however, for the abundance and duration of its flowering, as well as brightness, certain agrotechnical rules are required.
The plant develops better in a sunny, open place, protected from the wind. The land must be well cultivated and fertilized. Optimum are calcareous soils. Caring for bells consists in weeding, constant watering (but without waterlogging) and tying to pegs if necessary. For the winter campanula, the garden is covered with spruce branches.
This flower propagates by division and seeds, which are sown both in open ground and in greenhouse conditions. Seedlings germinate on average after three weeks, after another time the seedlings must be planted.
The soil for this plant should be prepared in advance: peat, a little sand and fine gravel should be added to it.
At the beginning of the growing season, the bell needs to be given any nitrogen top dressing so that it correctly enters the flowering phase.
Campanula garden is quite resistant to fungal diseases and pests. However, she often dies due to the invasion of mice that damage her roots. Of the diseases, the plant most often affects rot or fusarium, especially in wet and rainy weather, which lasts several days. Its leaves are covered with a brown coating, and the flowers lose their decorative effect.
Today the garden kampanula is used not only in delicate bouquets, but also in landscape design. She is equally beautiful in the center of the flower bed, and as a carpet plant, and as an exquisite border. Bells are perfectly combined with many garden and decorative varieties of flowers.
Having planted several different varieties of campanula in the garden, you can almost continuously admire their flowering in the garden from the very beginning of summer until the first frosts. The bell is basically unpretentious and sensitively responds to care and attention.
They say that those who have these flowers growing in the garden hear at night, on the feast of Ivan Kupala, their chime, bringing peace to the house with joy and prosperity.