Campanula persicifolia 'Chettle Charm'

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Campanula persicifolia 'Chettle Charm'

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Kemper Code: T980

Common Name: peach-leaved bellflower
Zone: 3 to 7
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Campanulaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: None
Height: 1.5 to 3 feet
Spread: 1 to 1.5 feet
Bloom Time: June - August Bloom Data
Bloom Color: Creamy white edged with lavender
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General Culture:

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers part shade in warmer climates. Intolerant of extreme summer heat of the deep South. Needs regular moisture. Divide clumps in fall every 3-4 years. Remove spent flowers to encourage continued bloom. Under optimum growing conditions, plants will spread both by self-seeding and by underground runners (rhizomes).

Noteworthy Characteristics:

This peach-leaved bellflower cultivar is a rosette-forming, upright perennial which grows on stiff stems to 1.5-3' tall. Features large, outward-facing, bell-to-cup-shaped flowers (to 1.5" long) which are creamy white edged with lavender blue. Flowers appear in slender terminal and axillary racemes atop erect, unbranched, leafy stems in late spring, with a respectable rebloom to the end of summer. Stems rise from basal rosettes of narrow, toothed, glossy, bright green leaves (4-8" long). Stem leaves are much shorter (to 4" long). 'Chettle Charm' is synonymous with and sometimes sold as 'George Chiswell'.

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No serious insect or disease problems. Slugs and snails are occasional visitors.

Uses:

This cultivar provides color and contrast to the perennial border or rock garden. Also effective in a lightly shaded woodland settings where if can be left alone to naturalize. Mass or plant in large groups for best effect.