Creeping bellflower – planting and care

Scientific name (Latin): Campanula portenschlagiana 

Family: Bellflower family (Campanulaceae)

Creeping bellflower is a wonderful perennial that produces an incredible display of flowers with many closely packed flowers. This evergreen plant thrives in rock beds or on walls, but also works great as a regular border plant or beautiful potted plant indoors. 

A significant advantage of this perennial is that it is evergreen. This means that you can enjoy the beautiful foliage in the garden all year round. The leaves of the creeping bellflower are small and rounded, and help to create a harmonious impression, both with and without flowers. 

The creeping bellflower is also very hardy and can be planted all the way up to hardiness zone 8. However, it is important to take good care of it indoors before planting it outside, so that it has the best conditions to grow strong enough to survive the coming winter.

When planting creeping bellflowers in the garden, it is important to ensure that the soil is rich in lime and has good drainage. Although creeping bellflowers cannot survive drying out, they also do not thrive if the soil is too clayey or wet. The best option for creeping bellflowers is loamy, lime-rich and well-drained planting soil.

Creeping bellflower provides a fantastic display of color in beds, pallet frames, balcony boxes or pots. It is a very grateful plant that does not require much nutrition or water to grow nice and beautiful. A quick, daily check of the creeping bellflower is all that is needed to make sure that it is doing as well as possible. 

By caring for, watering and fertilizing a little continuously, the creeping bellflower becomes incredibly beautiful. In addition, it blooms for a very long time. If you pinch off faded flowers, you can count on the creeping bellflower to bloom once more during the summer. 

One important thing that the creeping bellflower needs, especially in the beginning when you grow it indoors in pots before planting, is light. The creeping bellflower thrives in the sun as a young plant, so it is important to put it in a bright place that maintains an even and warm temperature. The windowsill of a south-facing window or a glazed balcony is an excellent option, and you can advantageously let it grow further indoors if you want. However, there is no doubt that it is most beautiful and effective when planted in beds, rockeries and on walls. 

A sea of ​​purple-blue flowers really provides a beautiful and eye-catching detail that is appreciated by many. Thanks to its long flowering period, it is also a plant that brings life and color to the garden all summer long.

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