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Products > Plants - Browse Alphabetically > Campanula poscharskyana 'Alba'
 
Campanula poscharskyana 'Alba' - White Serbian Bellflower

Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Perennial
Family: Campanulaceae (Bellflowers)
Origin: Balkan Penninsula (Europe)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: White
Bloomtime: Summer
Height: <1 foot
Width: 2-3 feet
Exposure: Light Shade/Part Sun
Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F
Campanula poscharskyana 'Alba' (White Serbian Bellflower) - This evergreen groundcover is the white form of the Serbian Bellflower native to the northern Balkins. Grows to about 8 inches tall by 36 inches wide with heart-shaped, downy leaves and small, white funnel-shaped flowers spring through fall with peak in mid-summer. Plant in part sun (will take full coastal sun) in well-drained medium-wet soil. Not as hardy as the blue form but still extreemely hardy and evergreen in California coastal gardens. For more information on the species see our listing for Campanula poscharskyana

The information about Campanula poscharskyana 'Alba' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.

 
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