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Storybook Blend Canterbury Bells Seeds

Storybook Blend Canterbury Bells Seeds

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What an elegant flower! Canterbury bells, also called bellflower, is one of the first imported flowers to grace colonial gardens. This dramatic, tall plant is an excellent backdrop for your shorter annuals and perennials, blooms into early summer, attracts pollinators, and is a wonderful, long-lasting cut flower!

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Variety Info

Family: Campanulaceae

Native: Italy and France

Hardiness: Biennial in USDA zones 5–8

Exposure: Full sun to part shade

Bloom Period: Spring to summer

Plant Dimensions: 18"–36" tall

Variety Info: 1"–2" long, bell-shaped flowers in purple, violet, blue, lavender, pink, and white blossoms cover tall flower spikes.

Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Cut Flower

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Sowing Info

When to Sow Outside: 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date, and/or 2 months before your average first frost date. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 60°-70°F.

When to Start Inside: 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date. May bloom first year if started indoors.

Days to Emerge: 15–20 days

Seed Depth: Press into surface

Seed Spacing: A group of 8 seeds every 6"–18"

Thinning: When 1" to 2" tall, thin to 1 every 6"–18"

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Growing Info

Harvesting: For longest vase life, harvest in the morning, choosing stems where the top-most flowers have not opened, but show their final color.

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  • Jo Anne F.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    8/9/24
    5 Stars

    These seeds remind me of my grandmother’s garden. Great selection. 👍🏼

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  • Alana H.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    7/30/24
    5 Stars

    I sowed these two weeks ago so that I can plant them out at the end of summer. They can bloom the first year from seed if you start early enough in late winter, but bigger and more consistently if they get in the ground in fall.

    A favorite fairytale garden plant. I'm sure I had near 100% germination. The hardest part is not using all of the eager seedlings that sprout.

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  • Donald G.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    7/12/24
    5 Stars

    These biannual seeds REALLY pay off the second year. Profuse blooms, large blooms, and tall plants! 48" in height, with dozens of blooms per stalk. Deadhead for repeated blooms.

    The only 'negative' is that I'm only seeing white flowers. I'd definitely buy more.

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    Which best describes you as a gardener? Intermediate
  • Jo
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6/27/24
    5 Stars

    The name says it all. Simply Beautiful 🥀!

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  • Jo
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6/27/24
    5 Stars

    The name says it all. Simply Beautiful 🥀!

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