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Hanging bell (lat. Campanula pendula) - a perennial herb with a short life span of the genus Bell (lat. Campanula) of the family of the same name Bellflower (lat. Campanulaceae). Have
Hanging bell, or drooping bell, beautiful bright green leaves, the edges of which are decorated with rounded denticles, and whitish-cream bell flowers, single or gathering in paniculate inflorescences. In the wild, the plant looks spectacular on the rocky slopes of the Caucasus, revealing its living beauty from crevices in the stones, as if symbolizing the victory of life over the gray bulk of stones.
What's in your name
Both words of the plant's name are associated with the appearance of its flowers. The word "Campanula" draws a bell-shaped flower, and the word "pendula", the meaning of which can be translated as "pendulum" or "unstable", which sounds in the Russian name with the words "drooping" or "drooping", suggests the location of the flower on the plant, drooping to the surface land on its pubescent curving peduncle.
Description
The dangling bell, although it is a perennial plant, does not stay in one place for a long time, it degenerates. It grows more successfully as a biennial plant. The basis of perenniality is an underground thin rhizome, which is able to penetrate into the depth of the soil through thin crevices of rocky slopes in order to provide its aboveground parts with nutrients and moisture.
From the underground rhizome, numerous stems from thirty to sixty centimeters in height appear in the world. The surface of the stem can be bare or pubescent. Branched and thin stems, only slightly woody at the base, slightly drooping under the weight of leaves and flowers.
Stem leaves have different shapes depending on their location on the stem. Larger leaves, which have relatively long and thin petioles, are located in the lower part of the stem and are ovoid or heart-shaped. The edge of the leaf plate is skillfully cut by nature, which has created a rounded-toothed decorative border. Leaves located higher along the stem lose their petiole, turning into sessile ones. In their shape, they are similar to the lower leaves, only they are more elongated along the central vein of the leaf and have a wedge-shaped narrowed base.
From early summer to early autumn, the plant is decorated with bell-shaped drooping flowers from three to five centimeters long. Calyx of partially accrete sepals, diverging in the form of lanceolate pointed green leaves, covered with whitish hairs, as well as a short curving pedicel velvety from pubescence. The lobes-petals of the flower corolla are whitish or creamy-white. They are twice as long as green serrated sepals and are also covered with whitish hairs. Flowers can be single, or collected in a paniculate inflorescence. The reproductive parts of the flower (filamentous column of the pistil and filaments) have dense pubescence.
The fruit of the Drooping Bell is a dry capsule resembling a Poppy's capsule, filled with numerous small shiny seeds.
Usage
The resilience and vitality of the beautiful plant resonates in the hearts of florists who grow it in their gardens, using it in rocky gardens, creating flower borders or identifying flower beds among other ornamental plants.
The drooping bell prefers to grow in a sunny place, but will also accept partial shade. The soil for the plant needs alkaline or neutral, rich in organic matter and always with good drainage, since stagnant water is destructive for the plant.
The aerial parts of the plant are believed to be toxic, and therefore care should be taken when working with it.
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