This Campanula lactiflora ‘Loddon Anna’ was grown from seed distributed free to members by the RHS in 2003. It grows four feet tall and has many very attractive bell shaped flowers. The flowers are arranged on a stem in a loose cone shape but with each of about 60 flower about an inch wide the effect is light and flowing. This species commonly called the Milky bell flower is a lilac colour but Campanula more often seen as a giant bellflower in dark blue. This is the white C.persicifolia alba

Hints about the Campanula Family

• Plants are generally perennial other than the annual C. macrostyla and C. ramosissima.
• The small hairbell or harebell are sometimes called the Bluebells of Scotland
• The scent is very mild during the day.
• There is a National Plant Collection at Burton Agnes Hall in Driffield.
• Most Campanula plants tolerate full sun but like some moisture in the soil. The smaller varieties grow in walls and rockeries.