Peachleaf Bellflower

How to grow Peachleaf Bellflower

Written by the GardenDecoded editorial team · Last reviewed 21 July 2026 · Written for UK gardens · How we research our guidance

Planting

Plant in autumn or spring. It makes a flat evergreen rosette of narrow leaves with tall wiry flower stems, so it takes up little border space and threads well between other plants. It is happy on chalk.

Pruning

Deadhead individual flowers as they fade and the spike will keep opening from the bottom up. Cut the whole stem down once it has finished and a second flush often follows in late summer.

Propagation

Divide in spring or autumn, or detach rooted rosettes from the edge of a clump. It also self-seeds moderately, and seedlings of the white and blue forms come reasonably true.

Pests and diseases

Slugs and snails are the main problem and will graze the overwintering rosettes badly. Rust can appear on the leaves.

Value to wildlife

Bumblebees and solitary bees work the open bells, and some solitary bees shelter inside them overnight.

Notes

Slug protection over winter and early spring matters more than anything else with this plant. The rosettes sit at ground level all winter and are an obvious target.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Campanula persicifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

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