PlantsFlowers
Tall Bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A tall spike of blue stars, then it seeds and dies
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 1 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jul–Sep
- How it spreads
- Biennial
- What to buy
- A first-year rosette, or let it seed once.
- When to plant
- Apr–May or Sep
In the design
East side. It is a biennial: a leaf rosette the first year, a flower tower the second. Leave a few stalks so it replaces itself.
