White campanulas

Campanula cochleariifolia 'Alba'

The Campanula cochleariifolia ‘Alba’, or more simply the cochlear-leaved bellflower, is an excellent perennial for cool rockeries. Native to the Alps, this deciduous variety is very cold-resistant and low-maintenance. It thrives in stony, calcareous soils, provided they remain cool and well-drained, as it dislikes overly wet conditions. It enjoys a sunny or partially shaded position. It is ideal for pot cultivation, in a wild garden, in rockeries, on a wall, or in the cracks of paving. However, it is sensitive to excessively hot climates. Its abundant flowering, featuring white bell-shaped flowers, occurs from June to August. The cochlear-leaved bellflower forms a superb ground cover, spreading to 20 cm in width and reaching a height of 15 cm.

Campanula cochleariifolia Alba

Campanula carpatica 'Clips White'

The Campanula carpatica ‘White Clips’ is perfect if you are looking for a perennial with a spreading habit. Indeed, with its semi-evergreen foliage, it forms a ground cover 30 cm wide and 15 cm high. Very hardy, it thrives in stony soil that remains moist but well-drained. It even tolerates lime. It is distinguished by its long and abundant flowering from June to September. Its large open flowers take on a splendid star-shaped form. It easily enhances rockeries, walls, borders, or flower beds. This Carpathian bellflower enjoys being planted in full sun or partial shade.

Campanula carpatica ‘White Clips’.

Campanula persicifolia 'Alba'

The Campanula persicifolia ‘Alba’, commonly known as the peach-leaved bellflower, is a lovely perennial with semi-evergreen foliage. This white variety is charming, low-maintenance, and very hardy. Almost foolproof, it thrives in full sun to partial shade. It enjoys good garden soil that is loose and fairly cool. This tall bellflower reaches 80 cm in height and 30 cm in spread. It forms spikes of large pure white bell-shaped flowers. Its flowering lasts three months, from June to August. Its habit is upright, tall, and spreading. The peach-leaved bellflower ‘Alba’ is ideal for a border, in rockeries, in bouquets, in a cottage garden, or at the edge of a woodland.

Note: there is also a lovely double-flowered variety, the Campanula persicifolia ‘La Bello’.

Campanula persicifolia ‘Alba’.

Campanula 'Wedding Bells'

The Campanula ‘Wedding Bells’ stands out with its semi-double and pendulous bell-shaped flowers. The flowering is of a white-cream colour dusted with pink and enhances the garden throughout the summer. This lovely perennial with deciduous foliage thrives in full sun or partial shade, in cool, even calcareous and well-drained soil. With its bushy and spreading habit, it is ideal as ground cover. At maturity, it forms a clump of 40 cm in all directions. The double Campanula ‘Wedding Bells’ provides a beautiful effect in borders, in beds, in rockeries, at the edge of woodlands, or in understorey planting.

Campanula ‘Wedding Bells’.

Campanula lactiflora 'Alba'

The Campanula lactiflora ‘Alba’ stands out with its height of 1 m and a spread of 60 cm. This large perennial produces beautiful white flowers from June to October. Its inflorescences form delicate star-shaped bells grouped in panicles. It thrives in rich, well-drained soil that remains moist and tolerates lime. It prefers a sunny or partially shaded position but dislikes windy areas where it may need staking. This white milky bellflower will make a stunning impression, thanks to its rapid growth, in a border, meadow, or even in a bouquet.

Campanula lactiflora ‘Alba’.

Campanula poscharskyana 'E.H. Frost'

The Campanula poscharskyana ‘E.H. Frost’ is a highly floriferous, vigorous, and creeping perennial for rockeries and walls. This is also why it is known as the Wall Bellflower. It will also find its place in a container, a border, or on a slope. It brightens the garden with its small, light green semi-evergreen leaves. It blooms twice: at the beginning of summer and then in autumn. It then forms long stems covered with small white star-shaped flowers. At maturity, it forms a clump 30 cm high and 40 cm wide. The wall bellflower thrives in full sun, partial shade, in cool, well-drained, and even calcareous soil.

Campanula poscharskyana ‘E.H. Frost’.

to go further:

• Find all our varieties of campanulate flowers.
• Discover everything you need to know about campanulates: planting, growing, and care.