Rapido Blue tussock bellflower
Campanula carpatica 'Rapido Blue'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Rapido Blue' tussock bellflower (Campanula carpatica 'Rapido Blue') is a perennial for borders, containers, rock gardens, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It forms a clumping mound that blooms in spring and again in summer. Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the flowers. Deer and rabbits rarely make it their first choice.
Pairs well with Nodding onion, Sum and Substance hosta, and Cheerfulness daffodil.