Put Campanula flowers in a dangling basket or tall pot and permit its lengthy stems studded with bell-shaped blooms to spill over the aspect of the container.
Recognized botanically as Campanula, this magnificence makes a beautiful houseplant. Right here you may uncover how a lot gentle it desires indoors, when to repot your plant, methods to get essentially the most blooms, and extra.
Get to Know Campanula Flowers
This trailing kind additionally goes by the widespread names Italian Bellflower and Falling Stars.
Its funnel-shaped flowers open to a 5-point starry form, and are about 1 inch (2.5 cm) throughout.
Fashionable varieties embody snowy white ‘Alba’ and ‘Stella White’… and violet blue ‘Mayi’ and ‘Stella Blue’.
Campanula is straightforward to develop indoors. It solely calls for cool air, moist soil and oblique daylight. Deal with it proper and you may anticipate plenty of those violet-blue flowers to bloom in mid-to-late summer time proper by means of fall.
Yr-Spherical Look after Campanula Flowers
Overwinter your plant. It is a perennial and can flower 12 months after 12 months. Lower stems again (near the soil stage of the plant) in late fall or early winter, after flowering season. It does not want a chilly season in winter. Give it the identical temperature and lightweight as regular. Preserve the soil on the dry aspect till you see new development in spring, then resume with regular watering.
To repot…or not. Repot campanula crops when their roots are seen on the floor of the soil. Wait until winter or early spring to repot — by no means whereas it is blooming. Use a planter solely 1-2 inches (2.5-5 cm) bigger than the previous one. Flowering crops bloom finest when their roots are somewhat cosy within the pot. If you wish to use an ornamental container that does not have drainage holes, use it as a cachepot; simply slip your plain nursery pot into the cachepot to cowl it up.
Take away spent blooms. Lower off spent flower heads utilizing scissors or pruning shears to keep away from tearing the stems. By deadheading Campanula flowers, you may not solely hold your plant trying its finest, you may encourage extra blooms.
One thing bugging your plant? It might be aphids. These bugs are drawn to new development, reminiscent of younger leaves and flower buds. In case your plant is infested, deal with it instantly with an insecticide. Fungus gnats are one other pest to look at for — they’re drawn to moist, peaty potting mixes.
Caring for Campanula Flowers
Origin: Northern Italy
Top: As much as 1 ft (30 cm)
Mild: Vibrant oblique gentle. Some direct solar in winter is ok.
Water: Preserve the soil moist, however not soggy whereas plant is rising and flowering. Soggy soil will trigger root rot. After flowering, permit soil to develop into nearly dry between waterings.
Humidity: Common indoor (round 40% relative humidity). Excessive humidity can result in grey mould on leaves. Lower off any affected areas and deal with plant with a fungicide.
Temperature: Cool to common 45-65°F/7-18°C. Preserve your Campanula plant away from doorways and air vents. Sizzling or chilly drafts will trigger dry, shriveled leaves and will trigger flower buds to drop.
Soil: Any good-quality houseplant potting combine
Fertilizer: Feed each 2 weeks spring by means of fall with a water-soluble fertilizer diluted by half.
Propagation: Take stem tip cuttings in spring or early summer time and root them in water or moist potting combine. Sow seeds in spring.