The blue flower

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I planted several of these. I have pictures of them in 2011, but they were not there last year. I cannot remember the name.

 

[catjac1975]

There are about 400 types of Campanula. This is one of them.

 

[bj taylor]

love that blue.

 

[so lucky]

maybe a biennial? Could have been there, but only as very small non-blooming plants that you didn't notice, having come up from seed from the previous year's blooms.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

There are about 400 types of Campanula. This is one of them.

I think I pulled them up, but I think they are back or weeds. I am just going to leave things alone and see what happens.

 

[thistlebloom]

Catjac is correct, it's a campanula, probably known as Canterbury bells.

So Lucky hit it also, they are biennials, so the ones you had in 2011 must have reseeded. What a nice surprise!

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Catjac is correct, it's a campanula, probably known as Canterbury bells.

So Lucky hit it also, they are biennials, so the ones you had in 2011 must have reseeded. What a nice surprise!

If I pulled them up in 2012, would there be plants this year? I am going to have to look close at them tomorrow. If they are campanula then I will have to transplant them because they are not in a good place. I hope that is what it is. Right on the fence where the plant is in the picture there is a bigger clump of them.

 

[897tgigvib]

I think that is Persian Campanula.

If it is, it is a perennial, not a biennial. Most Campanula that are perennial are winter dieback perennials that come back from their crowns. The best time to transplant them is in winter.

If you transplant it now, make sure you big clump of extra soil around it transplant.

Yours looks like a very nice variety with that shade of blue. I'm pretty sure there are now semi double varieties of Persian Campanula.

When I was a kid and first saw the word Campanula I pronounced it camp-uh- new-la. Course, that's not the way to say it. But at the greenhouse we liked to have fun with the Latin names, so that was what we called them when nobody was around.

 

[so lucky]

Another good one to make you sound foolish is "Cotoneaster." "Cotton Easter" you say? No, it is "Cuh-toe-nee-AS-ter."
Sigh....I didn't want one anyway.

 

[annageckos]

Looks just like a plant I had started from seeds, the package said canterberry bells. For me it was a biennial. I have been meaning to get more because it was very pretty and did well.