White bell shaped flower ID please

gobbiner · #1 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 08:15 PM

I know this isnt a wildflower but could anyone please let me know what it is thanks...Ray

Dorts · #2 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 08:21 PM

Canterbury Bell. The 'Cup & Saucer' flower.

aeshna5 · #3 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 08:35 PM

Doesn't look like a Canterbury Bell to me. I think it's a cultivar of Campanula persicifolia.

Dorts · #4 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 08:42 PM

Yeh, could be a cultivar of Peach-leaved bellflower but there is a fine line between the various vars. of both and they almost merge at times.
Of course Canturbury Bell is biennial whereas C. persicifolia is a short lived perrenial, so that could be diagnostic by this time next year!

gobbiner · #5 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 08:46 PM

Thank you to both of you, ive googled both of your suggestions and i hope i dont offend anyone but i think it looks more like the Canterbury Bell oh my god what have i let myself in for

Dorts · #6 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 09:37 PM

'gobbiner'
Don't worry, I don't think this ones is going to go any further.
I think 'aeshina5' is right on this one, and I must say it was my first thought.

As a gardener I always used to say to those that asked, that any Campanula with a 'cup & saucer' flower was a 'Canterbury Bell', it just has a better ring to it. I've noticed some Garden Centres tend to use the same ploy!
Dorts.