Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Wahlenbergia capillaris 2 synonyms: Campanula capillaris, Wahlenbergia communis |
| Common Name: | tufted bluebell |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bee Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Petals are edible.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 15-50 cm x 15 cm |
| Foliage: | Basal leaves hairy, lance-shaped, broader towards tip, 4-50 mm x 0.5-6 mm, becoming narrow. Margins entire or with few small teeth, flat or wavy. |
| Flowers: | Blue, 5 petalled, single narrowly bell-shaped flowers to 12 mm wide on branching stalks. October-March. |
| General Comments: | An attractive vigorous herb especially mass planted or planted in drifts. Plant in large container with other herbs or under a small shrub, in cottage gardens and rockeries. Nectar for butterflies. |
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