Campanula takesimana 'Beautiful Trust'

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Author Message   Gardenbug  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 11:44 am EST :    I purchased this plant late last summer. It has grown splendidly into a large clump, but I have not yet seen it bloom. I understand it may spread quite a bit too. Does anyone out there have experience with this strange beauty? Pictures? Of course I may have lost it because it is hardy to -20C and we have had colder temperatures than that lately. gardenbug Ontario, Canada zone 5b, USDA zone 4   Wanda  Posted on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:45 am EST :    GB, I have a campanula I planted several years ago. I lost the tag and I'm wouldn't stake my life on it, but I believe it is C. takesimana. It spreads like crazy...there are little mounds of foliage everywhere in the area in various stages of development. It blooms sporadically (whenever it wants to). The blooms are on long stalks and that lavender/blue color so typical in campanulas. It's in a partially shaded area in summer and full sun in winter and recieves little care other than an occasional watering. wanda CA Zone 9   Gaillardia  My Weather Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 04:06 pm EST :    I had it in my old garden and continually cursed the day I planted it!! It is very invasive, tho not that hard to control--I would dig up runners in an area about 3 feet from the original plants every spring and keep tabs on it all summer. It was the most invasive plant I had other than the dreaded agopodium. They bloomed for me every year but would look rangy and flopped quite a bit. The bloom was a creamy white bell with maroon spots in the throat. Sorry I don't have a photo handy. I'll look in my album at home and see if there is one. Also, mine was in total sun. A friend had hers in shade and it didn't spread as badly (tho she doesn't like it either--we laugh because we bought them together!!). I wish I had some nicer things to say about the plant!!! :-) Gaillardia Idaho 2-3   Gardenbug  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 07:43 pm EST :    This is really odd because the description I have is for a pure white, many petaled flower with a fringe effect- not lavender/blue, no bell, no maroon....I suspect it will be a spreader...but we'll just have to see if it survived our unusually cold winter. I'll let you know! gardenbug Ontario, Canada zone 5b, USDA zone 4   Kniphofia  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Friday, March 14, 2003 - 03:15 am EST :    I tend a garden at my local fabric store where they have this plant, it is very invasive, spreads like wildfire! Last year I put some in a pot and brought it home where it sat on my deck. A groundhog ate it to soil level.. Sue Central Maine z4   Frostycurls  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Time Posted on Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:47 am EST :    I've had a form of C. t for many years and it does spread but I have it planted among some of my winter blooming shrubs as a sort of ground cover. The form I have has fairly large bells that are a pinkish cream with spots inside although you have to tip the bells up in order to see the spots. It's very pretty in bloom and when it's done I've found I can do a quick cleanup by just giving the flower stems a quick pull. I bought "Beautiful Trust" last year but it was late in the season so I can't tell you much about it except that it is pure white and fits GB's description. It was the shape of the flowers that appealed to me. Just out of curiosity I looked it up in Phillips and Rix Perennials and this is their description for Campanuala takesimana: "Native of Korea. Plant with creeping rhizomes and rosettes of leaves. Flowers .5 cm long, pale blue to pink, spotted inside. For moist leafy soil in part shade. Hardy to -20C perhaps". frostycurls Oregon Zone 7   Gardenbug  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Monday, March 17, 2003 - 07:56 am EST :    I found a bit more information at the Garden Show this weekend. I saw information on several varieties of Campanula takesimana and so at least now am not confused by the references to pink bells! I am warned about the spreading...and will "wait and see"! gardenbug Ontario, Canada zone 5b, USDA zone 4   Bonitoad  Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 03:54 am EST :    Oh,oh...I just got this ...the blooms are really different for a campanula. I'll try to remember to take a photo tomorrow.....of it sitting in it's pot.. Bonitoad   Formerly_ci  My Weather Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 12:49 pm EST :    Marie this is from the Heronswood website and I thought you might find it of interest: Campanula takesimana 'Beautiful Trust' Category: perennials A very fine plant from Song Kihun, our friend from Chollipo Arboretum in S. Korea, who found this and named it for his charming daughter. For those of you who think you have come to know Campanulas, hold on to your hats. Each pure white petal of this selection is strap-like and less than 1/4" wide, while reflexing strongly backwards. This provides an effect very similar to the monocarpic genus Michauxia, but in a decidedly easier and longer lived in fact very perennial format. An exciting new addition to our gardens. (Though patented under the name 'Beautiful Trust', the translation of Kihun's daughter's name is 'Beautiful Truth', and it was this name that was to be originally given to this plant.) Campanulaceae Garden origin Formerly_ci - Currently Kew, England, Zone "8 ???"   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 02:21 pm EST :    So did it survive? It would be good if someone could post a picture of this unusual variety. It certainly sounds different. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "6-7"   Wanda  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 12:36 pm EST :    Marie, I bought 'Beautiful Trust' last year also. Mine is spreading quite a bit already. The flowers ARE pure white. The petals are thin and hang down like strips of tattered fabric. It would be lovely if the stalks would stay upright, but so far, mine has flopped pitifully and all the flower stalks lay on the ground. I'm waiting until it's 3rd year to judge it, but so far, I cannot say I'm overly impressed. wanda Wanda - ca, Zone "zone 10, sunset 16"   Wanda  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 02:49 pm EST :    Here's a pic of the flowers, Marie. I ran out and took this just now. As you can see, I had to hold up the stalk to photograph it. It was laying on the ground. Wanda - ca, Zone "zone 10, sunset 16"   Jims_wsw  My Weather Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 12:01 am EST :    I bought it last year but didn't have time to plant it, so I put it with the other potted plants in a wide ditch that was supposed to have been filled in to make another garden. Also didn't get to do that, obviously. Was somewhat surprised last month when I pulled the pots out to higher ground when the snow melted and water started filling the ditch. There was new growth coming from the roots. I don't do well with all types of campanulas, but the ones that last do well & sometimes overly well (Elizabeth for example). But on subsequent observation, the new growth has disappeared and there appears to be only last year's dead stalk in the pot. It has been to cold & rainy to bother to unpot it to see if roots still alive and trying for another shot at new leaves. I hope so. Marie Jims_wsw Maine zone 5a   Gardengal98390  Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 11:47 am EST :    Hi: I found this site while researching my new "Beautiful Trust". I bought this recently at a nursery sale because I liked the lush green leaves. It was so overgrown in the gallon pot I cut (actually, sawed) the root ball into four pieces and repoted for friends. The nursery says that it doesn't need to be staked but does flop over. The tag says it is a great cut flower but we'll see next summer. Any luck on this? Mary Beth Gardengal98390 - Washington, Zone "8 Pacific Northwest Maritime"

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