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In naturally growing bellflower species, a white flower is quite rare, most of them are characterized by blue-blue or purple tones. In culture, thanks to the efforts of breeders, the color gamut of plants has been significantly expanded, and now you can find varieties of white garden bells for almost any decorative species , regardless of its natural color.

Perennial white flower bellflower and its varieties

Among species bells, white flowers are more common in alpine plants growing in various mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. Some of them are used in floriculture for planting on rocky hills and in rockeries. The most famous:

Bell Sartori (C. sartory) , undersized, 10-20 cm tall, biennial, living in the mountainous regions of the eastern Mediterranean. Its strongly pubescent creeping stems are covered with small, gray-gray from white villi, rounded leaves. Numerous axillary flowers with a funnel-shaped corolla up to 1.5 cm in size appear in June-July, painted white, sometimes pinkish. Used for rockeries.

Hofmann’s bell (C. hofmanii) grows naturally in the Balkans and in the mountains on the Adriatic coast. This biennial is somewhat higher than the previous one, its strongly branching shoots grow up to 30-50 cm. Numerous large (up to 4 cm), white or cream, drooping flowers also bloom in June-July. In gardens, culture can be found not only in rock gardens, but also in single or group plantings, mixborders. In temperate climates, winters with cover.

Kirpichnikov’s bell (C. kirpichnikovii) is a perennial white bell, an endemic of the North Caucasus, with basal long-leaved heart-shaped leaves and brownish-burgundy peduncles 20-30 cm high, bearing inflorescences of numerous bell-shaped flowers with pointed petals at the ends.

It develops well in the conditions of the middle lane, blooms profusely, is used for alpine slides.

Alzinovidny bell (C. alsinoides) , Himalayan species with lodging prostrate stems and small pubescent leaves. Miniature, not higher than 10 cm, a plant for rock gardens, blooming in late summer with medium-sized white flowers. In a temperate climate, it is not easy to grow it, the culture winters poorly, and requires protection from dampness.

The advantages of the flower include ease of reproduction, its seeds germinate without prior stratification. When favorable conditions are created, this white bell often self-seeds.

The birch bell (C. betulifolia, C. denticulata) is found in the mountains of Turkey at an altitude of 300 to 2300 m. A compact plant with erect stems, the height of which does not exceed 15 cm, smooth glossy leaves and narrowly bell-shaped white or slightly pinkish flowers up to 3 cm long Blooms in May-June.

Bell Takesima (C. takesimana) belongs to medium-sized species, its height can reach 60 cm. In the wild, it lives in rocky places of the Iranian Highlands, it also grows in Korea. Its numerous thin, slightly pubescent stems rise or spread along the ground, long-petiolate heart-shaped leaves with a sinuous edge are collected in a basal rosette.

It blooms for a long time, throughout the summer, with numerous large drooping white flowers, grouped into slightly branched racemose inflorescences. Winter-hardy culture, grows well on loose soil, forming many lateral offspring.

Bellflower milky (C. lactiflora) , tall, up to 1.5 m, a plant with erect stems and large, highly branched, tassels of fragrant white flowers. The natural distribution area is the subalpine belt of the Caucasus and Asia Minor. Grown in gardens since the beginning of the 19th century, it is distinguished by long flowering and the longest life expectancy among representatives of the genus, which in nature can reach 20 years.

White garden bell native to the forest

Of the forest species in culture, white dotted bells (C. punctata) are common, their natural color has a slightly pinkish or slightly purple hue.

The range of ornamental varieties with white flowers is much wider; such cultivars are created for almost all cultivated species.

So, the broad-leaved, spoon-leaved and crowded bells have garden forms Alba.

The peach-leaved varieties Plena Alba and Snow White.

KarpatskyWhite Star and Weisse Clips .

Below are photos of white bells of various natural species and cultivars:

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