If you want colorful plants in your garden, plant bluebells. We would like to present 5 varieties to you here. Read more.
Bellflowers surprise with their small and often large flowers, which bend down like bells in many varieties.
Great color nuances
But many gardeners also love them because of their variety of colours, which include shades of white, blue, red, pink and purple. We have selected the five most beautiful bluebells for you. We'll also give you a few practical tips here so that you know what the requirements of the respective bluebells are.
5 Bluebells for the Garden
Dwarf Bellflower (Campanula Cochleariifolia)
Star bellflower (Campanula isophylla)
Battled Bellflower (Campanula Glomerata)
Spotted Bellflower (Campanula Punctata)
Giant Bellflower (Campanula Lactiflora)
❶ Dwarf Bellflower
It grows to just 10 centimeters tall and has blue, white and purple flowers that bloom in June and July. This bellflower is particularly suitable for the rock garden. But it also thrives on dry stone walls. Likes sun to partial shade.
❷ Star Bellflower
Slightly taller, up to 15 centimetres, it has purple flowers. It blooms from May to July. Again, the rock garden is the preferred spot when it's in the sun.
❸ Bunch of Bellflowers
It grows up to half a meter tall with its violet or white flowers and blooms from May to July. She needs a lot of sun, but no waterlogging - then she's fine.
❹ Dotted Bluebell
It reaches a size of up to 70 centimeters. It flowers in purple, pink, white or red from July to August. She particularly likes sun to partial shade.
❺ Giant umbel bellflower
This genus can reach a height of up to one meter. It has white, blue, lilac or pink flowers and blooms from June to August, preferably in moist soil and sun.