Campanula ID

[DaveM]

This Campanula has flowered better and better for the last 3 years and is thoroughly perennial. It was grown from Club seed as C. formanekiana, but the thoroughly perennial habit, bell shape and leaves are not right for that species. I have looked through the book on dwarf campanulas but still remain clueless. Would welcome any ideas.

[DaveM]

Hmmmm.... Have done some more digging and think I might possibly have a name for this. Seems to fit the description of Campanula sarmatica. This species is native to the Caucasus. Apparently can spread via underground stolons.

[Maggi Young]

Openly campanulate  flowers and  smart foliage  make  it  rather  a  star, David!

[Tristan_He]

Hi Dave, could be. The habit looks a little different to the photos elsewhere on the web (e.g. the flower stems that start off horizontal, then go up). Missouri BG say that sarmatica is a taprooter. But it does look similar.

I don't have any better suggestions though, and I haven't grown C. sarmatica.

[DaveM]

Thanks Maggi and Tristan. I like it too. The leaf shape, leaf petiole length compared to leaf length, and flower form and hairyness around the mouth all point to C sarmatica, according to the description in Graham Nicholl's book. So, if it's not C sarmatica then I concluded that it's something pretty close. I'll forego checking the root structure until it has be to removed.......