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[therichwife]

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Covent Garden Hotel by sparrowinlondon.

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Camellias are among the most popular evergreens and garden shrubs that flower early. They provide a short but amazing amount of colour to your garden. As woodland plants, they tend to grow best in light shade, though watering them and caring for them could help them grow in sunnier locations.

[learnelle]

The highlight of my week was taking a break from the city to visit Winterbourne House & Garden. I enjoyed a scone, picked up this book, marvelled at some pretty flowers and worked on my stats assignment 🌷🌼💖🌻🌸✨

[allthingseurope]

Covent Garden. London (by Elissar Haidar)

[michaelnordeman]

Birds of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. London, England (February, 2020).

[arc-hus]

Highgate House, London - Carmody Groarke

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Edinburgh Botanical Gardens & London's Kew Gardens

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Edward Bawden’s linocut of Covent Garden Flower Market, 1967.

[nooskadraws]

over the garden wall button badges 🍂✨️🎃

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Garden at 120 in London

Japanese anemone are spunky large flowers that seem to say a bright happy hello.

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The famous door in Holland Park 🍇🍇🍇 Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom wander_linaa

[huariqueje]

Rising Sun, London Blackheath - Francis Edgar Dodd , 1942.

British , 1874-1949

Oil on canvas

[localgardeners]

How to Grow Campanulas in Your Garden?

These beautiful, bell-shaped flowers make an excellent addition to your flower borders. They will flower throughout the warm summer months, giving you a sheer amount of colour. These plants will come in cool shades of blue and white, sometimes in warm pinks.

They come in various shapes and forms, which makes the campanula suitable for most areas in the garden. Low-growing ones are great for pots and rockeries, with bells hanging over walls and edges. The taller ones will look great on the border. Campanulas area is great at growing and propagating, mostly resistant to pests and diseases, except for snails and slugs. The wide varieties of campanulas are perennials and do well in the UK. They will return next year and give your garden a flowery look yearly.

Here are Some Ways on  How to Grow Campanulas in Your Garden

Campanula Care Tips

Campanulas are tolerant of most soils and easy to grow and care for. They’re not susceptible to diseases, tough and hardy enough to give you plenty of flowers for many years. Some of the varieties may even seed themselves around the garden.

Light Requirements

Most varieties will prefer a sunny, warm place. The wall bellflower, Campanula portenschlagiana, will do well with a bit of shade.

Water Requirements

Once the plants are established, campanula is relatively resistant to drought. However, to get the best out of the plants, you should water them regularly when they’re growing. It’s important not to let them dry when they’re flowering. Otherwise, you’ll lose the blooms. Reduce watering when the plants aren’t growing actively. They don’t like sitting in wet soil, so water them deeply once they start drying out instead of watering them regularly.

Soil Requirements

Campanula does quite well in most kinds of soil, even when alkaline or acidic. They do best in light, free-draining and moist soil.

Fertiliser Requirements

You should avoid fertilising too much as that may lead to sappy growth vulnerable to snail and slug infestations. Look for a fertiliser higher in phosphorus than nitrogen, which will help with flowering. You may also apply a boine meal as this is a natural source of phosphorus. Container-growing plants will also need liquid fertiliser regularly in their growing season.

Planting

It would be best if you spaced out your campanula around 40-45 centimetres apart unless you’re planting in containers where they may be packed closely. Plant the campanula, so the crown is around 2.5 centimetres below soil level. Mulch it slightly to suppress weeds and help the plant retain moisture. The taller varieties may need light support to grow. If you’re planting them in a container, use loam-based compost with some added grit for better drainage. Include some water retention crystals if you want to help them stay moist in days of drought.

Maintenance

Bellflowers may require little maintenance, but deadheading will help promote better flowering. It’s only necessary to do this for self-seeding varieties, as you don’t want them spreading and dominating your garden.

Repotting

Choose a pot larger than the existing one, using loam-based compost with a grit added in. The plant will need repotting once the roots fill the pot. If the plant doesn’t need repotting, you should remove the top layer of compost every year and replace it with fresh one to add more nutrients.

Pruning Advice

Pruning campanula isn’t something you need to do, necessarily. It would be best to deadhead it regularly, pinching flowering tips to encourage new blooms. You should also remove any damaged or diseased growth. Trim the plant back if you want to keep it in shape.

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Osterley Park, London (by David)