Comments on: Campanula rapunculoides, The Evil Twin

By: Creeping Bellflowers, Not LadyBells « A Garden in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Creeping Bellflowers, Not LadyBells « A Garden in Cambridge, Massachusetts — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:04:31 +0000

[...] can tell from the title “Campanula rapunduloids, The Evil Twin” that I am not the only person who is struggling to eradicate them from my [...]

By: Creeping Bellflower, Not Ladybells « A Garden in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Creeping Bellflower, Not Ladybells « A Garden in Cambridge, Massachusetts — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:58:49 +0000

[...] can tell from the title “Campanula rapunduloids, The Evil Twin” that I am not the only person who is struggling to eradicate them from my [...]

By: Adenophora and Its Evil Twin Revisited — Cold Climate Gardening

Adenophora and Its Evil Twin Revisited — Cold Climate Gardening — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:35:43 +0000

[...] my attempt to figure out the difference between ladybells and creeping bellflower, and I wrote up a blog post with additional information. Anne Larson, the Des Moines Gardening Examiner, has tracked down more information about these two [...]

By: suzanne stone

suzanne stone — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:59:51 +0000

This stuff is ruining landscapes all over our town! I call it invasive.

By: Olivia54984

Olivia54984 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:44:14 +0000

If I have an area I want planted with perennials, but don’t want to actively garden, I plant the thugs and let them battle it out…tansy, adenophora, beebalm, artemesia…

A friend of mine has labeled the adenophora “campanula horribilis” playing on Latin.

I do feel though that this campanula look-alike has given a bad rap to some great campanulas like Cherry Bells, Wedding Bells, Kent Belle, Sarasota, and Blue Clips; all worth planting in the right space.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:45:37 +0000

eliz and firefly–I notice it’s a lot better behaved when planted with other thugs. It’s when you let it loose with more well-behaved plants that it demonstrates takeover tendencies.

Definitely pretty enough for a flower arrangement; that’s what suckered me in in the first place.

By: firefly

firefly — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:13:16 +0000

In my garden it’s a toss-up between Oxalis stricta, Campanula rapunculoides, and grass creeping in everywhere. It seems easier to pull the first two, and they keep the grass out and are good for bees.

If they get too aggressive and start drowning out things I’ve planted, then I start weeding.

Having them around is also keeping me from buying too many permanent things and overcrowding, I think. The garden looks full up.

By: eliz

eliz — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:19:30 +0000

Oh, yeah, this is out in the alley with the weeds. It stays there and I pick some now and then. A nice weed, but wouldn’t plant it on purpose.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:01:44 +0000

Zoey, I remember how relieved I was the day I first read your post and realized I wasn’t the only one who found it to be a problem. Thank you for permitting me to quote you. You might never be rid of it, but at least it’s not as ugly as Canada thistle.

By: Zoey

Zoey — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:50:45 +0000

Kathy,
I read your article. Thanks for posting the picture to further clarify the glandular disk . I enjoyed the article very much.

I see creeing bellflower blooming in most of my gardens right now. I doubt if I will ever be rid of it.