Fairy Thimble Bellflower. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about campanula species earleaf bellflower fairy s thimble campanula cochleariifolia supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles dat. Fairy s thimble is a spreading plant which grows on limestone and dolomite rocks and screes embedding itself in the soil.
One of the most charming of the popular perennial bellflowers. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about campanula species earleaf bellflower fairy s thimble campanula cochleariifolia supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles dat. The genus includes large herbaceous perennials as well as small alpine species.
Delightful growing among rocks on walls and between paving stones.
Blooming freely in late spring to mid summer the flowers dance on erect wiry stems up above a compact clump of small rounded bright green leaves. Fairy s thimble is an excellent choice for the front of the border containers along pathways or in a rock garden wall garden or cottage garden. The fairy thimble forms a low mat of tiny green leaves bearing loads of tiny little dangling lavender blue bells in early summer. Campanula fairy thimbles bellflower fairy thimbles will reach a height of 0 15m and a spread of 0 2m after 2 5 years.