| Description | A Campanula with tubular, pendulous red flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (kam-PAN-yew-lah)(punk-TAh-tah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | average to moist, never dry or soggy wet |
| Soil & Site | average to moist, well drained, never dry or soggy |
| Flowers | 2 inch, cherry-red , white-fringed , spotted on the interior, tubular, pendulous |
| Leaves | forms a basal rosette, rounded, toothed, medium green |
| Stems | rhizomes |
| Dimensions | 1-2 feet, spreads by rhizomes |
| Maintenance | can be a rapid spreader in moist soils, a prolific reseeder, cut back to the basal rosette of leaves after blooming |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Native Site | Native to Japan growing on grassy mountain slopes. |
| Cultivar Origin | The Campanula cultivar Cherry Bells was developed in Japan. |
| Author's Notes | The foliage tends to get rather yellow during flowering. Especially the leaves near the flowers. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #123-Dwarf Campanula (Graham Nicholls) |
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