Campanula Moesiaca 100 Flower Seeds

Packet Content (approx.): 100 (0.05g's)

Campanula Moesiaca - is Very Rare Bellflower

A rare and extremely beautiful plant from the Balkans. Bright ice-blue bellflowers are carried in tufts up thick hairy stems. Gently self-seeds producing gorgeous drifts in spring. Greatly admired by an appreciative Roy Lancaster when he visited.

Your opportunity to purchase rarely offered, campanula fresh seed. This is a lovely form of bellflower from the Balkans, with rosettes of pale-lilac flowers on hairy stems. Biennial or short-lived perennial, but will self-sow. Height up to 18in (45cm) approx. Flowering May-June.

Culture: Sow late winter, spring and summer under glass in gentle heat.

Campanula moesiaca seeds will usually germinate in 14-28 days. Normally will only germinate with light so surface sow. Sow Campanula moesiaca seeds on the surface of a Peaty seed sowing mix at about 15-20°C.

Sow on the surface of moist compost, use a translucent cover to allow light in and to keep the compost humid and warm (do not place in direct sunlight)

Flowers July-September.

Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into 7.5cm (3in) pots. Plant in the greenhouse in individual large pots, or 3 plants per grow bag when 20cm (8in) high. Can be planted outdoors, 45cm (18in) apart once all frost risk has passed

Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers.

Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season. Regular feeding is recommended.