Campanulaceae 2014

[Roma]

Campanula choruhensis   the flowers are HUGE
Comparison with Campanula sartorii

[Roma]

Campanula thessala
Campanula troegeri

[Roma]

Codonopsis ovata - difficult to get the true plant in seed exchanges.  The other plant is Malva sylvestris 'Primley Blue'
Codonopsis clematidea, a frequent imposter for other Codonopsis.  I wish I had not planted it out because I failed to dead head and the seedlings are difficult to remove if growing close to other plants

[Philip Walker]

Campanula x wockei 'Puck'
Campanula sp.

[hadacekf]

I think it is Campanula calaminthifolia

[PaulM]

Really wonderful Campanulas you have grown Roma and Philip ! I must have a try at Campanula corhuensis next year. Hope you will donate some seeds of it.

I collected seeds of this Campanula in Turkey ( close to Püren pass, Aladaglar Mts.) in 2003 and raised it from seed in 2009. It has taken 5 years to reach flowering, which is a considerable time being a Campanula, or even a Michauxia which I thought it were when I collected it. It was very short ( ~30cm ) and I thought this was due to it growing in a very exposed site in a vertical rock crack, but when it has flowered for me now it is still around 30cm. The plant is semi-decumbent and both flowers and leaves remind me of Campanula lyrata which I have grown extensively. I wonder if this can be a close ally to C.lyrata or just a variation of the species which is more upright. I have taken lots of pictures of it and show many of them here to simplify identification...if possible without pressed material.

[PaulM]

A few more of possibly Campanula lyrata :

[PaulM]

Campanula argaea is flowering for me this year after a two year wait. I had it in the garden before and this is a seedling which came up in 2013. It should set plenty of seeds as wild bees are visiting the flowers frenzidly. It sort of forms a pyramid and is very nice and compact, about 50cm tall, maybe a little big for the rock garden but good in the back maybe. Seeds collected in Turkey in 2004. Will be donating seeds to the SRGC seed ex this year for sure.





There is also a picture of Campanula rigidipila, which I read is the southernmost occuring Campanula ( Abyssinia; Ethiopia ). It's a nice plant of about 30cm height.

[Roma]

Codonopsis clematidea
Campanula 'Hallii'

[Philip Walker]

Franz,if you read this,thank you for the previous identification.
Trachelium asperuloides
Campanula scheuchzeri subsp. scheuchzeri

[Roma]

I've lost the name of this Symphyandra.  It was a garden centre buy and was in a pot for a few years.  I planted it out last year but the flower stems got eaten by rabbits.  It is looking good this year.

[shelagh]

Could it be S.  Zangezura do you think Roma.

[Maggi Young]

Symphyandra  zangezura is such a great name it's worth growing for that alone, eh?
Roma's plant has the dark stems which match the description  -might it set seed Roma - she said, hopefully......

[maggiepie]

Am really enjoying looking at everyone's beautiful campanulas.

Today I found flowers on an odd looking plant I have been watching since last year.
It is growing in a place I often use to throw out vermiculite I have used in baggies for germinating. Sometimes I get lucky and mother nature does what I could not do.
Anyway, today I noticed the flowers while watering.
I am assuming it is a campanula but do not have a clue which one it could be. I have never seen leaves like these before.  I half thought the plant could be a weed.
Hoping someone can ID it for me.
Pics of leaves not too good but there's nowhere for me to kneel where I could get closer to it.

[ruweiss]

Campanula fragilis from Monte San Angelo near Naples is the best form of
these floriferous species. It hates too much water, but grows without any
problems in the alpine house.