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Author Message   Golden_ca  Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 04:44 pm EST :    Can anyone tell me if they have actually grown cup and saucer that comes with the saucer. I always pick up the cup and saucer variety at the local nursery and I never get the saucer attached. As you can see in my photo - I am missing the saucer part. And I have seen on pictures the flower does come with the saucer attached and I would like to grow this variety - if I can find it. Golden Golden_ca - British Columbia, Zone "8"   Loretta  Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 06:25 pm EST :    I haven't grown it but I've seen it at a garden, so it does exist. Maybe you should try growing it from seed. I think sometimes the name cup and saucer is arbitrarily used for some campanulas. Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"   Golden_ca  Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 06:53 pm EST :    Well the problem is - I dont have any where to actually hold it for a year until it actually flowers? I usually have my garden full of alot of annuals. But I was thinking maybe I could start it in lets say big pots to hold them over for a year until they are ready to be transplanted into my garden focal point where I always plant them. But I am not sure if that would work? Its just too bad they are bieannuals cause they are really pretty but it does make it more difficult for me. ( As you can see in the picture attached I mainly have annuals and where the marigolds are there - I usually plant cup and saucer. Does anyone know if I planted them now in buckets would they actually overwinter and actually last till next year that way??? Golden_ca - British Columbia, Zone "8"   Loretta  Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 01:44 am EST :    Your garden is beautiful. If you start them in pots, you could put them in the ground in the fall perhaps. Anyway, have you ever looked at Paghat's Garden? Its a nice website that comes up often when searching. It mentions the difference between the Canterbury Bells. You want Campanula medium var calycanthema, not just Campanula medium. There are three pages. I really like the Lilac Blue she(?)lists. Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"   Golden_ca  Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 12:12 pm EST :    Well I will try that this year - I will start them from seeds in pots and once fall is here and I pull out my other annuals - I will plant them in there place - I just hope they will make it over winter. I know one year I did plant one from seed in the front garden not knowing it would not flower the first year and I had this very large cabbage looking thing. So I left it till the next year and it did take a beating over the winter with frost and snow and all - but If i remember correctly that was the best looking campanulas I have ever had. So I think your idea is a good one and I will give it a try - Thanks so very Much Loretta!! Golden Golden_ca - British Columbia, Zone "8"   Golden_ca  Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 12:19 pm EST :    One more thing Loretta - thanks for the website tip. I tried googling Campanula and I did not come up with a site that actually gave me much for this variety that I was looking for so thanks for that also! And the funny thing is the variety that I have bought previously over the years always says CUP AND SAUCER and it is not correct. Except for the ONE year I started it from seed! And they were BEAUTIFUL! Golden Golden_ca - British Columbia, Zone "8"   Loretta  Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 04:13 pm EST :    Well, it does seem they call the canterbury bells without the saucers - cup and saucer too so it is confusing. Anyway, I had a few seeds someone sent me and I am trying them as well - but what if they are the saucerless ones...hmmm...maybe I better get new seed. Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"   Golden_ca  Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 05:41 pm EST :    Yes well I do have some of those Mr. Fothergills seeds and I am almost positive those are the ones with the saucer! Hope so anyways - lol! Sooner or later I will get the ones I want. Golden Golden_ca - British Columbia, Zone "8"   Astrid  Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 03:03 pm EST :    Thanks Loretta for the link to the Paghat's garden. What a beautifull colors. Bye. Astrid Astrid - Utrecht, Zone "?"

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