Is this blue flower an annual plant?

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Author Message   Rosesarered  Posted on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 - 08:27 am EST :    Every monday, my PA puts a new bouquet on my office desk, this week she puts this sweet beauties, and it has roots!! as in planted with soil. This morning I asked her, what plants are these, of course she has no idea, and neither do I. Today, I decided these beauties are coming home with me.... Could you please identify this blue rosette plant. Do they need lots of sun? Can I plant it out in my garden as a ground cover plant? Thanks Rosesarered - Ennetbaden, Switzerland, Zone " 7"   Suzyqt1968  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden Posted on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 - 10:16 am EST :    I believe it's a type campanula. I would plant in sun or part sun. I bought one like it earlier in the spring and unfortunately it didn't get watered when I was on vacation and died!! It was still in the pot though. I wish I had put it in the ground. It's a pretty little thing isn't it. Suzyqt1968 - Washington, Zone "7-8"   Suzyqt1968  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden Posted on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 - 10:16 am EST :    I failed to say that its perennial! Suzyqt1968 - Washington, Zone "7-8"   Rosesarered  Posted on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 - 03:34 pm EST :    Hi SuzyQ - When I saw it the first time, I thought the company is cutting down cost and putting up synthetic flowers instead :)) you should have seen my reaction when I saw my PA watering this plant yesterday. It was like a sitcom. I agree the leaves look like campanula. I wasn't sure how to look up for it as campanula are suppose to be bell flowers. This one looks more like those of solanum but in rosette form. Is there such thing as campanulanum? I shall put this blue in the border with the thread leaf coreopsis and we'll see if they are prolific grower like the other campanula. I am really curious to know more about this plant. aha! I could also ask the florist company who supply these flowers to the office...all I need is a name for googling. You don't happen to know the name do you? Ps: do you think the experts in the perennial forum can shed some info about this plant? should I post this same question over there? what do you think? cheers Rosesarered - Ennetbaden, Switzerland, Zone " 7"   Suzyqt1968  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden Posted on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 - 05:48 pm EST :    We actually have a lovely little campanula forum here at gardenbuddies! I bet they could help. Here is a posting that I think might be the same thing (or not?). Take a peak. http://www.gardenbuddies.com/forum/messages/5103/22243.html Suzyqt1968 - Washington, Zone "7-8"   Loretta  Posted on Saturday, September 09, 2006 - 08:32 pm EST :    Blue Wonder campanula. I tried these too but found them hard to keep alive. Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"   Charlenenj  My Weather My Garden Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2006 - 10:43 pm EST :    Gosh. Those are beautiful. Like blue roses. Whew. Charlenenj - New Jersey, Zone "6b"   Sunnyday2day  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 05:31 am EST :    I would love to find these...very hardy! They do look like little blue roses. Sunnyday2day - Michigan, Zone "5"   Rosesarered  Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - 12:13 pm EST :    Hello everyone, hi Sunnyday2day, You mentioned the words "very hardy"....does that mean they will come back next spring? To make the story short, everyone whom I had asked about this plant could not provide me with a name or what family this little plant belongs to. I touched the flowers and the petals are tough, like tissue paper. Rather different compared to the petals of roses or dahlia. So, I reckoned it must be a tough plant and plonked it in the garden where it receives mid-day shade though I am not really counting on it :) Yesterday, I saw some shiny traces of the slugs driving over it:) but they didn't eat the leaves or the flowers, unlike my chrysanthemum which are now down to the stumps. The garden centre people said it came from Holland. I hope someone from Holland reads this forum thread....I am still curious about this plant. So buttonlike, so sweet, so...marshmallow colour and the slugs just ignored it....that is really worth growing, don't you think? Rosesarered - Ennetbaden, Switzerland, Zone "6"   Rosesarered  Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - 12:34 pm EST :    Hi Loretta, Thanks for naming this plant. I googled "campanula blue wonder" and this is what I got: Campanula originates from the mountains of Southern Europe. They produce an exceptional amount of flowers and are extremely hardy. Campanula should be placed in a bright location and kept moderately moist. When there is no more risk of frost the campanula can be planted in the garden, lt can be enjoyed year after year as a garden perennial. That sounds good but it did not address the blue wonder specifically, so I hope this plant which I took into custody from my office desk will G-R-O-W like the other campanulas in my garden... Rosesarered - Ennetbaden, Switzerland, Zone "6"

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