This is an outtake from yesterday’s Chalky Pastel Flowers post. Not because it forgot its words or slipped on something, I hasten to add – I decided that it didn’t help my contention. It was too maroon.
Although the band and thin stripes decorating these scalloped bells would have qualified as chalky, and the flowers do pale to a lovely antique pink as they age, there’s more to this story. The ribbed buds, the debonaire green flower ‘caps’, the purple stems and tinges on the foliage, the long bell shape with its parabolic edge… if somebody told me one of these flowers had won a Nobel Prize for something and asked me to guess which one, I’d have no hesitation in pointing to the campanula.
I’ve never seen an unruly specimen, so far as I can remember, and although it’s well loved by plant collectors, it’s not common. Given the nice contrasts with the grass, the bronze foliage plant, blue thistles and achillea provided at the Tatton Park Flower Show, I thought this would make a worthy choice for my flower of the day.
Susan Rushton 
This is such a beautiful capture 😀
Glad you like it, Cee.
They are beautiful.
Thank you!
These are really lovely. i have not seen them before like this.
Campanulas in general are really nice flowers – we saw some looking glorious a few days ago, but I didn’t get a picture I really liked as it was a bit windy and they were one of the tall and billowy varieties.
That’s an ‘Elizabeth’ I didn’t know!
I general advise people never to buy a plant because of the name, but I might make an exception for this!
Debonair! Parabolic! The descriptors are as much fun as the image! I love the way they match! The campanula is a real show-off, but it has to share its glory with the background — what joie de vivre!
I find it hard to resist entertaining myself with a little anthropomorphism, especially after writing a more serious or factual post and it’s great to know people who will be happy to play along too.
Delicate and pretty!
Thanks, Laurie.
That’s a beauty. I love Campanula – they always make me think of fairy’s caps.
These would make perfect fairy caps, although the fairies might feel the need of chin straps like the Black Royal Guard.
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Such a pretty flower – your photo makes me want to grow them!
It’s a plant Arthur Rackham might have drawn, except it would look unlikely, even for him.
I find it difficult to remember the species names of the various Campanula. There are ust too many. This is one that I am not familiar with anyway.
In most cases, remembering the genus is hard enough, especially as they keep being brought ‘up to date’.
Yes, that ‘updating’ is one of my pet hates because it really confuses me!
I have a white version of this flower. The pink of these is lovely. It’s a reliable flower for me…returns every year.
That’s good to know.