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Key characteristics

Family: Campanulaceae
Height: 3 to 5 feet
Width: 1 to 3 feet
Flower color: Pale blue, lavender, or white
Foliage color: Green, lance-shaped leaves
Bloom time: Early summer to mid-summer
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Moderate; prefers well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low; deadhead to encourage prolonged blooming, cut back after flowering
Growing zone: USDA zones 5 to 7
Wildlife: Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators

Perennials

Campanula lactiflora

Milky Bellflower

Campanula lactiflora, commonly known as milky bellflower, is a graceful perennial that produces clusters of soft lavender-blue or white, star-shaped flowers. Blooming from early to mid-summer, the delicate, bell-shaped flowers appear in dense clusters atop slender stems, creating a light, airy display that adds vertical interest to garden borders.

Native to the Caucasus region and parts of Turkey, Campanula lactiflora is prized for its long blooming period and elegant floral display.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate; prefers well-drained soil

Bloom time

Early summer to mid-summer

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Cut Flower Gardens

Companion plants

Lungworts · Daylilies · Japanese anemones · Bleeding hearts · Catmint · Heucheras

Design tip

Summer flowers carry the middle of the season, so place it where the bed needs color once spring bulbs fade. It takes sun or light shade, which makes it useful along the changing light of a bed edge or a partly shaded border.