Bell medium terry. The bell is medium. Cup with saucer. Growing from seed. Tall bellflower species

Bluebells are very beautiful flowers. They themselves are planted in my area. Ordinary. Almost weedy.
But I don’t have large bells, various colors.
Why not plant them?
Let them grow. Lots of places.
I bought seeds. They are like in the photo on the right.
And as always, I'll start with the theory.

DESCRIPTION

Bell medium - C. medium L.

Homeland - Southwestern Europe, Asia.

A biennial plant in cultivation, sometimes grown as a perennial through natural renewal. Differs upright, stiff-haired stem 50-100 cm tall.
The flowers are goblet-bell-annulate, blue, blue, white or pink, simple or double, up to 7 cm long, collected in a pyramidal inflorescence. Blooms from June to September. Fruits in August-September. Seeds are small, gray-brown. There are 4500 seeds in 1 g. In culture since 1578.
Bell Cup with saucer biennial. If you grow it through seedlings, then it blooms in the year of sowing, and if you sow immediately in open ground, you will be able to admire flowering only in the next.

PECULIARITIES

• Location

  The plant is light-loving, cold-resistant and moisture-loving.
  The soil prefers deeply cultivated, rich, sunny location.
  Bellflower does not tolerate acidic soils and stagnant water. In damp areas in winter, plants rot.
  For 1 sq. m clay soils contribute 15 kg for digging, loamy - 19 kg of humus or compost.

• Usage

  The flowering of this bell is very rich, the plants are covered entirely with large bells, which makes a completely irresistible impression.
  Planted singly or in groups against the backdrop of a lawn, in prefabricated flower beds or on discounts, used for cutting. Looks great in bouquets too.
  Cut flowers are stored in water for 10 - 12 days.

• Difficulties
  In addition to the fact that for excellent flowering, bluebells need good soil, bluebells are demanding on growing conditions.
  They grow in the dark. Seeds do not germinate in the light.
  And one more condition. winter shelter. Bellflower requires shelter for the winter. Leaf rosettes that form by the fall of the first year should be covered with dry peat or fallen dry leaves; covering material is also well suited for this.

GROWING FROM SEEDS

You can, of course, plant seeds directly into the ground. But then the flowers will appear only next year.
Moreover, the bell is especially sensitive to non-compliance with the deadlines for the work. With underdevelopment of rosettes of basal leaves in the second year, the plants may not bloom, but they do not need to be thrown away - flowering will occur in the third year.
In order for the bell to pamper us with flowers in the first year, you need to grow it by seedlings.
Sowing seeds of the middle bell for seedlings in March - early April, for flowering in the summer of the same year. Optimum soil temperature for seed germination: + 20 0С.

The prepared soil in the seedling box is watered before sowing. Bell seeds are lightly sprinkled on top with fine river sand, then the seed container must be placed in a plastic bag to create a greenhouse, and be sure to shade the crops. This is the difficulty - the bell does not germinate in the light.
Bellflower crops are often sprayed, and kept under a black film or covering material at all times.
Seedlings appear in about two weeks.
It will take another 15 - 20 days for the bell seedlings to get stronger.
Then comes the picking phase. Bluebell seedlings dive according to the scheme 10 x 15 cm.
The transplanted plants are shaded again until full survival, for about a week. Seedling care is normal.

CUTTINGS

Looking through the literature about bluebells, I saw that bluebells can be cut!
It is done like this:
Sometimes they practice propagation of the middle bell with cuttings. They are cut in the spring of the second year of cultivation. The rooting scheme is standard: a cutting with one or two internodes with cut leaves is planted in moist soil with the addition of sand, the other two internodes are left above the soil surface; contain in a humid warm environment under a film or jar with a small air flow.
LANDING IN THE GROUND

Planting home seedlings of bluebells in a permanent place: May - June. If the seeds were germinated in open field, seedlings are planted in a permanent place in August. When planting seedlings of bluebells, one should adhere to a planting scheme in which optimal distance between plants is 30 x 40 cm.

SOURCES

Admiring exotic flowers, we give our hearts to the modest and unpretentious "pearls" of Central Russian nature - bluebells, daisies, lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots ... We settle their cultural varieties and forms in our gardens. The middle bell is one of them.
The biennial plant is distinguished by simple agricultural technology and pleases with a long and lush bloom, propagated by seeds, less often by cuttings. Depending on the desired flowering time, cultivation from medium bell seeds begins in spring or summer. In the first case, flowering occurs in the year of sowing. But the process is complicated by the need to keep the seedlings indoors until the onset of warm days. Growing from the seeds of a medium bell in the summer is easier, as it allows the use of seed beds in open ground. Flowering in this case occurs only in the second year. Effective and long-lasting, it is worth the time and effort spent. Photo: Middle bell "Alba".

BELL MEDIUM (Campanula medium). DESCRIPTION

Bluebell average one of 300 species of the genus Bellflower (Campanula). A herbaceous biennial plant grows wild on rocky slopes in the temperate zone of Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia, is found in Asia and is naturalized in America. Its beautiful flowers did not leave people indifferent; since 1578, the middle bell has been cultivated in the gardens of both hemispheres. A warm and cool climate suits him and heat and frost are contraindicated. He likes moist soil, but does not tolerate damp air.
Plants 50-100 cm tall are often cultivated as biennial flowers. In the first year of cultivation, a rosette of leaves is formed from the seeds, in the second - a straight, strong stem covered with small harsh hairs. The stem is branched and has a burgundy hue in plants with purple and blue corollas, while in plants with white and light pink flowers it is green.
Basal large lanceolate up to 15 cm long green leaves are collected in a rosette, have a long-toothed edge. On the stem, rare small narrow sessile leaves are alternately located, the higher the stem, the smaller.
Large flowers reach a size of 6-7 cm in length and diameter, they are located along the entire length of the stem and open alternately, which is why flowering lasts up to 2 months, from June to August.
The flowers are bell-shaped or goblet-shaped blue, purple, pink or white. 5 petals on the edge are gracefully curved outward. The plant is self-pollinating, but bees, bumblebees and butterflies partially participate in pollination. Considered a good honey plant, especially sweet honey is obtained from it.
Seeds ripen in late August-September. Small brownish in color, they are collected in a fruit box. Scattering on their own, the seeds give life to new plants, which sometimes makes it seem that the middle bell is not a biennial at all - after all, it has been growing in one place for several years! This impression is erroneous. And the self-sowing flower garden is not as colorful as the one that adorns the middle bell, grown from seeds by the gardener's caring hands.

BELL MIDDLE. GROWING FROM SEEDS IN A BIO-YEAR CULTURE

To receive flowering plant in the second year, sowing is carried out in the summer from May to June, in exceptional cases - in July. Seeds can be sown immediately in open ground. But when sowing on beds, shoots can drown out weeds. Therefore, it is better to take a seedling container or a regular plastic packing box and grow seedlings in them. Make sure to make holes in the bottom to drain excess water. The container is filled with garden soil, compacted and moistened with a sprayer (photo →). You can use purchased soil for flower crops.

Seeds are evenly distributed over the surface of the substrate. Sprinkle a thin layer of sand on top (photo). Irrigate with water and cover with lutrasil or any nonwoven fabric(photo). He hinders evaporation of water and at the same time passes air to the seeds.

A container with crops is placed in comfortable conditions, for example, on a bright summer cottage terrace or in the partial shade of shrubs, but not in direct sunlight. Daily check the condition of the crops, moisten if necessary.

After 10 days, shoots appear, friendly and strong (photo). Lutrasil is removed, the seedlings are looked after like any other flowers: they are watered, weeds are removed. It is especially important to moisten the soil in the first time after germination. Young sprouts without moisture can dry out. If sparse soil was used for growing medium bell seeds, the plants are fed once every 10 days with a soluble complex fertilizer in the proportions recommended for seedlings. Seedlings with 3 true leaves can be planted in the ground.

Growing seedlings is carried out on a breeding bed. Previously, the soil is dug up and compost and mineral fertilizer or ash are added (the bell does not like acidic soils, and the ash, moreover, lowers the acidity of the soil). The bed should be raised so that the seedlings do not get wet in the rains and do not rot in the winter. A middle bell is planted for growing at a distance of 10 cm in a row and 20 cm between rows (photo). In the garden, the plants will remain overwintering until spring. But it is possible to transplant the grown seedlings to a permanent place in August, you should not do this later, the plants will take root poorly.

Medium bell care is traditional - watering, loosening, weed control, with poor growth, top dressing is recommended twice a month with a dissolved complex of nutrients. The middle bell tolerates winter well without shelter (Moscow region). But it is more reliable to plant mulch with peat, fallen leaves or cover with spruce branches.

BELL MEDIUM: LANDING AND CARE

In the spring, along with a clod of moist earth, the middle bell is transplanted to the allotted place. It can be a group against the background of a lawn, a flower bed, a border, a container. In natural-style gardens, the middle bell is planted between shrubs or islands in clearings. Underdeveloped rosettes can be left on the distribution bed. Most likely, they will bloom only next year.

For planting a medium bell, choose a sunny or semi-shady location, protected from winds that can break tall flowers. Water stagnation in the soil and poor soils should be avoided. Acidic soils are preliminarily limed. On fertile soils, the flowers work out especially bright and large. When preparing the soil, it is recommended to add compost or humus (1-2 buckets per square meter)

By pulling out weeds and watering the drying soil, we create the necessary conditions for the growth and flowering of the middle bell. The lack of moisture worsens the decorative effect of its flowers and can completely interrupt flowering. But top dressing with a dissolved fertilizer complex will contribute to it. To protect tall inflorescences from wind and rain, the stems are tied to pegs. To prolong flowering, faded buds are removed.

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An average bell can not only decorate a garden or balcony, but also serve as good stuff for drawing up bouquets and floristic compositions. The plant stands well in cutting (up to 10-15 days) and is often grown for this purpose. Bouquets from the middle bell symbolize constancy, faith and gratitude.

* Sometimes the middle bell is immediately sown in a permanent place. In this case, seedlings are thinned out, observing the same distances as when planting seedlings.

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BELL MIDDLE. GROWING FROM SEEDS IN ANNUAL CROP

If you start growing from seeds in March, then the middle bell will bloom in the same year. The technology is similar to that described above with the difference that the conditions necessary for growth will have to be created for the first time in an apartment. For the germination of the seeds of the middle bell, a temperature of + 18-20 ° C is needed. Seedlings are planted in the garden at the age of 50-60 days in May.

In the photo: Bell medium, mixture. Plants in the flower bed and in the discount.

CUTTINGS

Sometimes they practice propagation of the middle bell with cuttings. They are cut in the spring of the second year of cultivation. The rooting scheme is standard: a cutting with one or two internodes with cut leaves is planted in moist soil with the addition of sand, the other two internodes are left above the soil surface; contain in a humid warm environment under a film or jar with a small air flow.

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BELL MIDDLE: VARIETIES

The varieties presented on the seed market differ in plant height, color and flower doubleness. Double flowers have a double corolla, which in some varieties resembles a cup and saucer. One of the varieties is named after this association. The degree of growth of the calyx and the dissection of the petals in varieties and garden forms are different. Despite this, you will always recognize the middle bell. Its varieties: Droplet, Cup and Saucer, Terry, Music Box, Cheerful Chime, Cottage, Raspberry Ring, Chelsea, Vanilla Clouds, Snezhanna, Pink gramophone", "Carminrosa". Often the seeds are sold under the general name "Medium Bell".

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Flowers bells (lat. Campanula) belong to the genus herbaceous plants family Campanula, which includes more than three hundred species growing in places with a temperate climate - in the Caucasus, in Western and Central Asia, in Europe, in Siberia, as well as in North America. Bluebells prefer steppes, meadows, forests, desert areas and rocks. Many species of these flowers grow in the alpine and subalpine zones of the mountains. The Latin name is translated - bell. In the people, these flowers are called chenille, chebotki and bells.

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Planting and caring for bluebells

• Landing: sowing seeds in open ground - in October or May. Sowing seeds for seedlings - in March, planting seedlings in open ground - in late May or early June.
• Bloom: in different dates- depending on the type and variety.
• Lighting: usually bright sunlight. There are only a few in the family shade-loving species.
• The soil: any, even stony and calcareous, but best of all drained loam of neutral or slightly alkaline reaction.
• Watering: moderate and only in dry season.
• Garter: tall varieties require support.
• Top dressing: on melted snow - with nitrogen fertilizer, during the budding period - with a complete mineral complex.
• Reproduction: annuals - only by seeds, biennials - by seeds and spring cuttings. Perennials can be propagated by parts of the rhizome, root cuttings, stolons, dividing the bush, but when propagated by seed, they do not retain varietal characteristics.
• Pests: drooling pennitsy, slugs.
• Diseases: fusarium, botrytis, sclerotinia.

Read more about growing bluebells below.

Bluebell flowers - description

Most often there are perennial bells, less often - biennial and annual. The leaves of the bells are alternate, bell-shaped flowers of blue, white and different shades purple flowers are collected in racemose or paniculate inflorescences. Sometimes there are single flowers. The fruit is a box with 4-6 slit-like holes. The bell plant can be short, medium and tall.

Growing bluebells from seeds

sowing bluebells

Bluebell seeds do not require pre-treatment before sowing. They can be sown directly into the ground in May or before winter in October. But if you want them to bloom this year, sow them in March for seedlings.

Since the seeds are very small, they are laid out on the surface of a light, loose, permeable substrate, previously well moistened and consisting of humus, soddy soil and coarse sand in a ratio of 3:6:1. It is not necessary to add fertilizer to the substrate. The seeds are lightly pressed to the ground, sprayed with water from a spray bottle, and then covered with a film. Contain crops at a temperature of 18-20 ºC. Seedlings may appear in two to three weeks.

bluebell seedling

As soon as the seeds begin to germinate, move the container to a bright place, protected from direct sunlight, remove the film and care for bluebell seedlings as you would any other flower seedlings: water when dry upper layer substrate, loosen the soil around the seedlings, and when they are three weeks old and their first leaves develop, the seedlings dive into a large container at a distance of 10 cm from each other. Two weeks after picking, feed the seedlings with liquid complex fertilizer in a weak concentration.

Planting bells in open ground

When to plant bluebells in the ground

Seedlings of bluebells are planted in open ground in late May or early June. Most of the bluebells are photophilous, there are literally a few shade-loving species grown in culture, and they can be recognized by the dark green color of the leaves. The bell does not like drafts.

As for the soil, some species grow well on rocky soil, some on calcareous, however most of species prefers neutral or slightly alkaline well-drained loamy soils. Landing bells in the ground is carried out after its preliminary preparation: for deep digging in heavy soils they bring in sand and humus, and in the poor - turf land and fertilizers. Do not apply only fresh manure and peat, as this increases the risk of plant damage from fungal diseases.

How to plant bluebells in the ground

They plant bluebells in open places, away from bushes and trees, so that their roots can receive required amount moisture and nutrition. Undersized bells are planted at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other, bells of medium height at a distance of 20-30 cm, and tall ones at an interval of 40-50 cm. After planting, the soil around the flowers is trampled and watered well.

Caring for bluebells in the garden

How to care for bluebells

Growing bluebells is no different from growing any other garden flowers - bluebells are unpretentious. They are watered only when prolonged heat and dryness are established. After watering, it is convenient to loosen the soil around the flowers and remove weeds. Tall bells are tied to a support as needed. The bells are fed for the first time in the spring, on melted snow, with nitrogen fertilizer. The second top dressing with complex fertilizer is carried out in the first half of summer, at the beginning of budding. To prolong the flowering of bluebells, remove wilted flowers in a timely manner.

Reproduction of bluebells

Annual bells are propagated by seeds, biennials by seeds and spring cuttings. Perennial bluebells can be propagated by root cuttings, parts of the rhizome, dividing the bush and stolons, since they do not always retain varietal characteristics during seed propagation. Terry varieties of bluebells do not set seeds, so they are propagated exclusively by vegetative methods.

Perennial types of bluebells with a carpal or tap root system are considered as vegetatively immobile and propagate by seeds. Those species that have a short rhizome are considered vegetatively inactive - they are propagated by division and cuttings. Species with long creeping rhizomes are considered vegetatively mobile, which are propagated by seeds, division and cuttings, as well as rhizome segments and root offspring.

We described the seed seedling propagation method to you, but you can sow the seeds in mid-October directly into the ground, where they will undergo natural stratification during the winter months and sprout together in the spring, and you will only have to plant the seedlings. You can sow the seeds in the ground in May, but then they need to be stratified for two months in the vegetable box of the refrigerator, and since annual bells reproduce well by self-sowing, is it worth complicating your life by doing seed stratification?

Bell cuttings are harvested in spring, in March-April - they are cut from young stem or basal shoots, planted in a light loose substrate and placed under a film dome to create high air humidity. It is best to use a greenhouse and a special mist sprayer for this purpose. Root regrowth in cuttings occurs within three to four weeks.

The division of the bush is carried out in the third or fifth year of the plant's life, but some species can be divided already in the second year. At the beginning of May or at the end of summer, large bushes are dug up and, having cut the stems, they are divided into parts with a sharp sterile knife, each of which should have developed roots and renewal buds, after which the cuts are treated with crushed coal and the delenki are immediately planted in a permanent place.

When propagating by parts of the rhizome, the creeping root of the plant is dug up, divided into parts so that each segment contains renewal buds, and planted in the ground so that the buds are at the level of the soil surface.

Root offspring must be separated from the mother plant and immediately planted in a permanent place.

Bell pests and diseases

Blooming bluebells look very cute, but this is not the only advantage of flowers. They are so unpretentious that planting and caring for the bell is a pleasure and does not require time and effort.

Bluebells are immune to diseases and pests and are very rarely affected by them, however, when perennial cultivation flowers in one place in the soil, pathogenic microorganisms accumulate - Fusarium, Sclerotinia or Botrytis - which can lead to the death of the plant. To prevent this from happening, twice a season, in spring and autumn, treat the bells with a 0.2% solution of Fundazol.

In wet weather, the bluebells may appear drooling penny, which is expelled with an infusion of garlic. Undersized bells can be damaged by slugs, from which the plants are sprayed with a decoction of hot pepper and superphosphate granules are scattered under the flowers.

Perennial bluebells after flowering

How and when to collect bluebell seeds

If you want to get seeds of your favorite species, then do not wait for the boxes to open, cut off the inflorescences left on the seeds in advance, as soon as the boxes turn brown, and ripen them in a ventilated dry room.

Preparing bells for winter

Planting and caring for perennial bluebells is no different than growing annuals or biennials, except that they need to be winterized. In late September or early October, the stems of all bluebells are cut to the root. This completes the care of annual flowers. As for biennial and perennial species, many of them hibernate without shelter, but southern species need to be covered with dry leaves or covered with spruce branches. Tall bells are covered with a layer of humus or dry peat 15-20 cm high. In order for perennial bells to survive the winter, this will be enough.

Types and varieties of bells

Annual species of bluebells originate from the southern regions, therefore, in areas with a temperate or cool climate, they are grown infrequently. The most famous of them:

bluebell annual

A short (up to 10 cm) plant native to the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Mediterranean and Asia Minor with a bright blue tubular corolla. Blooms from May to early autumn. Used for borders and rock gardens;

Bell dichotomous, or forked from the Western Caucasus. It reaches a height of 15-20 cm, has numerous light purple flowers and broadly ovate leaves;

bluebell kashmiri grows in the Himalayas and the Pamirs, reaching a height of only 6-8 cm. Its flowers are purple, small, up to 1.5 cm in length, but there are many of them and they bloom for a long time;

- Caucasian endemic growing on gravelly soil and in rock crevices. In height, this strongly branching plant reaches half a meter, it blooms in May-July with paniculate inflorescences, consisting of 50-60 pitcher-bell-shaped purple flowers up to 4 cm in diameter with a swollen base and a calyx with deflected sharp teeth;

Bell Mirror of Venus originally from the Mediterranean mountains, from the UK and Holland. In culture, this species has been known since the end of the 16th century. In height, the bell, or legusia, reaches from 15 to 30 cm. Saucer-shaped, blue with a lilac tint and a white center, flowers up to 2 cm in diameter are collected in paniculate inflorescences that bloom from early summer to September. This species has varieties with white flowers.

biennial bluebells

Represented by the following types:

bluebell bearded- grows in nature in the subalpine zone of the Mediterranean. It reaches a height of 4 to 30 cm. Its flowers are drooping, goblet-bell-shaped, pale blue, up to 3 cm long. This species blooms in June-July. In culture since 1752;

Hoffman's bell from the Balkans and the Adriatic. It is a strongly branching plant 30 to 50 cm high with a large number of large drooping white or cream flowers that open in June-July;

thyrsoid bellflower and bellflower- plants with spike-shaped inflorescences of funnel-shaped flowers of light yellow color in the thyrsoid bell and bright purple in the bell spiky;

Bellflower large-eared grows naturally in the Balkans, Europe and Asia Minor. The plant reaches a height of 70 to 120 cm. Its flowers with tubular pale purple corollas, collected in whorls of 6-7 pieces, open in June-July;

Bell medium naturally grows in Southwestern Europe and Asia. In cultivation, this biennial is sometimes grown as an annual plant. It has an upright stem 50 to 100 cm high and goblet-bell-shaped white, blue or pinkish flowers, simple or double, up to 7 cm long, collected in pyramidal inflorescences. In culture, the view is from 1578;

Native to Europe and Siberia. This is a densely pubescent plant with a height of 70 to 100 cm with small blue sessile flowers collected in inflorescences that are almost capitate at the top and whorled downwards.

In addition to those described, such biennial bells are known as Moesian, Siberian, divergent, sprawling, pyramidal, laurel, Formanek, spatulate, Sartori and orphanidea.

All other species belong to perennial bells, which in turn are divided into undersized, medium and tall.

Undersized species of perennial bluebells

- the most common species in culture comes from the Carpathians and the mountains of Central Europe. This is a perennial up to 30 cm high with leafy stems, a basal rosette of ovate leaves on long petioles and ovate short-petiolate stem leaves. Flowers in plants of this species are solitary, funnel-bell-shaped, blue, purple or white, up to 5 cm in diameter. They bloom from June for more than two months. Cultivated since 1770. The most famous garden forms of the Carpathian bell:

• Alba and White Star- varieties with white flowers;
• Celestine and Isabelle- sky blue bells;
• Chanton Joy, Riversleigh, Blaumeise- varieties with blue flowers;
• Karpatenkrone- a form with purple flowers;
• Clip- a miniature plant up to 20 cm high with flowers up to 5 cm in diameter. It can be grown both in open ground and in indoor culture;

Gargan bellflower- perennial up to 15 cm high with fragile creeping rising stems, rounded three-toothed leaves and blue star-shaped flowers up to 4 cm in diameter. In culture since 1832. The best varieties types are considered:

• Major- a variety with pale blue flowers;
• W.H. pain- flowers of a light lavender shade with a white eye;

spiral bellflower, or spoon-leaved in nature grows in the Carpathians and the Alps. The plant is miniature, up to 15 cm high. The stems are creeping. Drooping flowers of blue, blue or white color up to 1 cm in diameter are collected in small inflorescences. In culture since 1783. The most famous varieties:

• Alba- white bell
• Loder- a variety with blue double flowers;
• Miss Wilmott- a variety with blue flowers;

- a miniature plant from the Far East with single violet-blue flowers up to 3 in diameter and up to 4 cm long with a corolla shaggy around the edge. There is a white-flowered form.

In addition to those described, there are undersized species perennial bellflowers, such as birch-leaved, hairy-fruited, soddy, saxifrage, Kemularia, daisy-leaved, one-flowered, Oshe, Ortana, warble, borderline, Radde, Rainer, ciliated, dark, darkish, three-toothed and Uemura.

Perennial bluebells of medium height

represented by the following types:

Bell Takeshima naturally grows in Korea and the Iranian highlands. This is a perennial, reaching a height of 60 cm and forming groups of basal rosettes. Numerous stems of this species are creeping, creeping, rising. Simple or double flowers of blue, white or pink color bloom in early summer. The best varieties:

• Beautyful Trust- a variety with large white flowers of arachnid shape;
• Wedding Balz- a variety with double white bell-shaped flowers;

Komarov's bell

- Caucasian endemic of amazing beauty up to 45 cm high with a branching stem and numerous large flowers of a bright light purple hue up to 3 cm long with sharp turned lobes;

grows in the Far East and Siberia. Its thin fibrous stem reaches a height of 50 cm. Numerous hairy leaves in the basal region on reddish petioles, ovate, lanceolate or sharp. Large drooping pubescent goblet-campanulate flowers on long off-white pedicels are covered both outside and inside with purple dots. The best varieties:

• Rubra- a variety with bright flowers;
• Alba nana- a variety with white flowers up to 20 cm high;

Bell Sarastro

A hybrid view of the dotted bell with very bright purple flowers up to 7 cm long. The height of the bush reaches 60 cm, diameter - 45 cm.

In addition to those described, medium-sized species include bells Tatra, polymorphic, rhomboid, Moravian, flax-leaved, Spanish, wonderful, karnika, Marchesetti, round-leaved, perforated, hilly, Turchaninov, Sarmatian, garlic-leaved, Grosseka, pale ocher and hybrids Kent Bel and Pink Octupus .

Tall types of bells include

broadleaf bell, which naturally grows in the Caucasus, in Southern and Central Europe, in Siberia, Asia Minor, in the European part of Russia and in Ukraine in broad-leaved, dark coniferous and mixed forests and along river banks. It has a straight bare stem more than 1 m high, bare doubly-serrate leaves up to 12 cm long and up to 6 cm wide and large axillary flowers forming a rare-flowered narrow spike-shaped brush. Funnel-shaped flowers up to 6 cm long blue, white or blue with slightly recurved lobes bloom in June-August. This species has been cultivated since 1576. The most famous varieties:

• Alba- with white flowers;
• brantwood- variety with purple flowers;
• Makranta- a variety with dark purple large flowers;

Grows in the Caucasus, Western Siberia, the European part of Russia, Ukraine and Western Europe. This plant is 50 to 100 cm high with erect leafy stems, smooth and jagged leaves at the edges, similar to peach leaves, and wide-bell-shaped large flowers up to 5 cm long, white, blue or lilac-blue, collected several pieces in a panicle. This species has crown and terry forms. Flowering begins in the second half of June and lasts more than a month. In culture, the peach-leaved bell has been cultivated since 1554. The most famous varieties of the species:

• Bernice- a variety with blue double flowers;
• Thetam Beauty- a variety with light blue flowers of large size;
• Exmouth- a variety with dusty blue double flowers;
• snowdrift- a plant with white bells;
• variety mixture New Giant Highbreeds- plants up to 75 cm high with large flowers of white and all shades of blue;

Campanula lactiflora

In nature, it grows in Asia Minor and the Caucasus. It is a 50 to 150 cm tall plant with a taproot that allows it to grow well in heavy loamy soil. Campanulate milky-white flowers up to 4 cm in diameter are collected in a racemose inflorescence. They open in June and bloom until the end of summer. Cultivated since 1814. The main varieties of this species:

• cerulea- a variety with blue flowers:
• Alba- a plant with white flowers;
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