Campanula persicifolia ‘Chettle Charm’ (‘George Chiswell’)

Campanula persicifolia ‘Chettle Charm’ (‘George Chiswell’)

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Campanula persicifolia ‘Chettle Charm’ (‘George Chiswell’).  A beautiful new variety. Large creamy white flowers with a lilac ‘picotee’ edge. A tall variety that possesses an elegant slender character when seen against other varieties. Good on chalk. Forms a mat of spreading evergreen foliage. Good cut flower and one of the tallest of the persicifolia varieties.

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Campanula persicifolia ‘Chettle Charm’ (‘George Chiswell’)

A beautiful new variety. Large creamy white flowers with a lilac ‘picotee’ edge. A tall variety that possesses an elegant slender character when seen against other varieties. Good on chalk. Forms a mat of spreading evergreen foliage. Good cut flower and one of the tallest of the persicifolia varieties.

Whilst this variety is unique and lovely, please be aware that it is a martyr to rust and they are rarely to be found without some evidence of this.

Campanulas are the Bellflowers, covering a wide range of species from small creeping alpines to robust tall herbaceous perennials. In general they all enjoy a position in a well-drained, cool soil in full sun, though several species will grow very happily in light woodland. Amongst these shade tolerant varieties are Campanula persicifolia and Campanula latifolia. Several of the more robust species are ideal for naturalising in grass, for example Campanula lactiflora and Campanula latifolia.

There are Campanula species native to Britain, including the diminutive Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, which can be found growing in chalk grasslands. Two larger native species are Campanula trachelium, the Nettle-Leaved Bellflower or Bats-in-the-Bellfry, which grows on heavy soils throughout Britain and the very tall Giant Bellfower, Campanula latifolia, which grows mainly in woods in the North of the country. Campanula glomerata can also be found growing in chalky meadows.

Campanula trachelium has an interesting naming history. The specific epithet ‘trachelium’ derives from ‘trachelos’ – a throat. This comes from its former use as a remedy for sore throats, leading to another of its common names, Throatwort. The name Bats-in-the-Bellfry doesn’t allude to madness, but to a fancied resemblance between the stamens hanging in the bell-like flower and bats hanging in the bells of the church steeple.

Many Campanula are Mediterranean in origin, but their distribution covers most of temperate Europe across into Asia, extending into the Hinalayas. Campanulas can be grown very successfully on chalky sites.

Many Campanula cut well for the house, Campanulas persicifolia and lactiflora especially. In its native region, Campanula pyrimidalis ‘Alba’ is frequently used as an altar flower.

Campanula was, in past times, used as a vegetable, but its use has long since fallen from favour. The species principally used was Campanula rapunculus – Rampion, the roots of which were boiled like a parsnip and the leaves eaten as a salad vegetable. There is mention of it  by Shakespeare’s Falstaff and by Drayton in his poem Polyolbion showing that rampions use was widespread  in the 16th Century. Rampion also figures in the Fairy Tale Rapunzel on account the belief that caused quarrels between children.

Campanula derives from the diminutive from of ‘Campana’ a bell.

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