One of the most enchanting of the alpine bellflowers, Campanula barbata graces meadows and rocky slopes across the European Alps with its nodding, sky-blue blooms. Slender stems rise from tidy rosettes of narrow, gray-green leaves, each stem lined with a few delicate, bell-shaped flowers whose inner petals are softly bearded with fine hairs—giving the species its name and a subtle, downy charm.
Blooming in early to midsummer, it lends an air of gentle wildness to the rock garden, gravel border, or alpine meadow planting. Best grown in full sun to light shade in gritty, sharply drained soil that stays cool but never waterlogged. It often behaves as a short-lived perennial or biennial, but readily self-sows when happy, ensuring its continuity.
Hardy to USDA Zone 3.
A true alpine classic—graceful, romantic, and luminous in bloom—Campanula barbata brings the soft blue spirit of the high meadows into any well-drained garden setting.
One of the most enchanting of the alpine bellflowers, Campanula barbata graces meadows and rocky slopes across the European Alps with its nodding, sky-blue blooms. Slender stems rise from tidy rosettes of narrow, gray-green leaves, each stem lined with a few delicate, bell-shaped flowers whose inner petals are softly bearded with fine hairs—giving the species its name and a subtle, downy charm.
Blooming in early to midsummer, it lends an air of gentle wildness to the rock garden, gravel border, or alpine meadow planting. Best grown in full sun to light shade in gritty, sharply drained soil that stays cool but never waterlogged. It often behaves as a short-lived perennial or biennial, but readily self-sows when happy, ensuring its continuity.
Hardy to USDA Zone 3.
A true alpine classic—graceful, romantic, and luminous in bloom—Campanula barbata brings the soft blue spirit of the high meadows into any well-drained garden setting.
