Campanula parryi
| Campanula parryi | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 4 |
| Soil pH: | 6.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 1' |
| Width: | 2' |
| Speed: | Fast |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Campanula parryi (common name: parry's bellflower)
Propagation: Seed - surface sow spring in a cold frame. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 4 weeks at 18°c[1]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Basal cuttings in spring[2]. Harvest the shoots when they are about 10 - 15cm long with plenty of underground stem. Pot them up into individual pots and keep them in light shade in a cold frame or greenhouse until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the summer.
Division in spring or autumn[3]. Difficult, because the long runners do not take kindly to separation from the parent plant and are difficult to establish[4].
Cultivation: Prefers a moist but well-drained rich sandy loam and a neutral or alkaline soil in sun or partial shade[2][5]. Plants grow and spread freely in any light soil and do well when hanging over a wall[4].
Plants are hardy to at least -15°c[5].
The species in this genus do not often hybridize and so seed can generally be relied upon to come true[4]. The plants are self-fertile[4]. Seed is freely produced in British gardens[4].
Plants are very attractive to slugs[4].
Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer[6].
Range: South-western N. America.
Habitat: Moist sub-alpine meadows and other open places in mountains, 2100 - 3000 metres[7].
Edibility: Leaves - raw or cooked.
Medicinal: The root is antiphlogistic[8]. A poultice made from the chewed root has been applied to bruises[9].
The plant has been taken by pregnant women who desired a female child[9].
The dried plant has been used as a dusting powder to treat sores[9].
The chewed blossoms have been applied to the skin as a depilatory[9].
Usage: The chewed blossoms are depilatory[8].
Pollinators: Bees, flies, beetles, lepidoptera, self
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ Bird, R. Growing from Seed Volume 3. Thompson and Morgan, 1989.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Sanders, Thomas. Popular Hardy Perennials. Collingridge, 1926.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Crook, H. Campanulas: Their Cultivation and Classification. Country Life, 1951.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Thomas, Graham. Perennial Garden Plants. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1990.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Leo. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1955.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Arnberger, Leslie. Flowers of the Southwest Mountains. Southwestern Monuments, 1968.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.