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CAMPANULA persicifolia 'Kent Blue'
Kent Belle Peachleaf Bellflower, Peachleaf Bellflower
The cultivar ‘Kent Blue’ is a tall English selection with cool blue flowers. It is easy to grow, and the pretty blooms of this early perennial offer old-fashioned elegance to perennial gardens.
Peachleaf bellflower is a rhizomatous perennial originating from Russia, Asia and Eastern Europe. It forms spreading rosettes of lance-shaped leaves that give rise to tall leafy stems in early summer. The willowy stems of 'Kent Blue' support large, open, bell-shaped blooms of lavender-blue. Deadheading will encourage plants to rebloom, but fewer flowers are produced the second time around.
This bellflower prefers sites with full to partial sun and moist, well-drained soil. Later in the season it offers little ornamental value, so it’s best planted with annuals and perennials that are pretty in midsummer and fall. This old-fashioned perennial is ideal for cottage gardens and sunny perennial borders. Its flowers are also good for cutting.
8 - 3
3 - 9
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Perennial
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial Shade, Full Shade
28"-36" / 71.1cm - 91.4cm
18"-20" / 45.7cm - 50.8cm
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia/Siberia, Asia, Western Asia
Average Water
Clump-Forming
Spring, Summer
Showy
Blue, Lavender
Green
No
Single
Yes
Medium
Glossy
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Sometimes
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