7 campanulas with star-shaped flowers

The campanula pyramidalis 'Alba'

The Campanula pyramidalis ‘Alba’ is a tall perennial that reaches a height of 1 m and a width of 50 cm. It is considered a biennial, but it self-seeds easily in the garden, ensuring its renewal. Its flowering extends from June to September, featuring large, star-shaped white flowers that are slightly fragrant. It prefers cool, well-drained, rich, and light soil, even calcareous, in partial shade or non-burning sunlight. In areas exposed to strong winds, it will need staking. With its upright and bushy habit, this campanula is ideal for the back of borders, but also works well in pots. To accompany it, you can plant cornflowers, acanthus, daylilies, echinaceas, meadowsweet, and old roses.

The Campanula pyramidalis ‘Alba’

The campanula lactiflora 'Blue Pouffe'

If you are looking for a campanula with a long flowering period, this is the one for you! The campanula lactiflora ‘Blue Pouffe’ is a perennial that blooms from June to October. Its beautiful medium green deciduous foliage is then flooded with small star-shaped flowers of a soft lavender blue. This is a compact variety that forms a lovely bright bush about 45 cm in all directions. Very hardy and low-maintenance, it thrives in ordinary soil, even calcareous, loose, well-drained, and cool. It enjoys a sunny position that is not scorching or partial shade. This campanula is stunning both as a border plant and in pots, and its sturdy stems are ideal for creating country-style bouquets. It pairs wonderfully with roses, Echinaceas, hardy geraniums, annual poppies, and bergenias.

The campanula lactiflora ‘Blue Pouffe’

Campanula poscharskyana 'Lisduggan Variety'

The Campanula poscharskyana ‘Lisduggan Variety’ is a vigorous perennial particularly floriferous from June to September. Its flowering often takes a break in August when the weather is hot and dry. Its delicate flowers have a star-shaped form in poetic shades of lavender pink. Easy to grow, it prefers fresh, well-drained, light soil, and even calcareous, under gentle sun or partial shade. This beautiful campanula will stand out in a rockery, at the edge of a border, on a wall, as groundcover, in hanging baskets, and in pots. It forms a creeping cushion 30 cm high and 60 cm wide. It will make a successful pairing with other perennial plants such as a pink Diascia, a Coreopsis or an annual euphorbia with white flowers ‘Diamond Frost’.

The Campanula poscharskyana ‘Lisduggan Variety’.

Campanula portenschlagiana 'Resholt Variety'

The campanula portenschlagiana ‘Resholt Variety’ is a superb perennial highly regarded for its robustness and ease of cultivation. Its semi-evergreen foliage forms a lovely green cushion, which is covered from June with delicate star-shaped flowers in violet-blue. Flowering pauses during intense heat but resumes in September. This wonderful groundcover, standing 20 cm tall and spreading 60 cm wide, is perfect for rockeries, on walls, as a border, and in hanging baskets where it will gracefully cascade. It thrives in light, even calcareous, fresh but well-drained soil, under gentle sun or partial shade. It pairs beautifully with aubrietes, phlox, saxifrage, and corydalis.

The campanula portenschlagiana ‘Resholt Variety’

The campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'

The campanula lactiflora ‘Loddon Anna’ is perfect for bringing brightness to the garden with its beautiful light green foliage and soft lilac-pink star-shaped flowers. It ranks among the top varieties of bushy campanula, reaching 1 m in height and 40 cm in spread. Its large flower spikes bloom from July to August. For successful planting, this campanula requires rich, cool, well-worked soil, in full sun or partial shade. It will need staking in areas exposed to strong winds. With its bohemian look, it is ideal for a romantic or country-style border and is also suitable for pot cultivation. It makes an ideal companion for roses, a Diascia personata, an aconite, a lupin, a foxglove, and a white delphinium.

The campanula lactiflora ‘Loddon Anna’

Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold'

The Campanula garganica ‘Dickson’s Gold’ stands out with its small semi-evergreen leaves of a shimmering light green-yellow. It forms a groundcover cushion 15 cm high and 20 cm wide, bringing brightness to the dark corners of the garden or between the stones of a wall. It can also be integrated into a rockery, at the edge, or in a pot. From June to July, it is covered with a multitude of charming pale blue star-shaped flowers. It thrives in a sunny or semi-shaded location, in light, sandy, rich, neutral to slightly acidic soil that remains cool and well-drained. To accompany it, you can plant some Phlox, corydalis, aubrietas, and saxifrages.

The Campanula garganica ‘Dickson’s Gold’

The campanula lactiflora 'Prichard's variety'

The campanula lactiflora ‘Prichard’s variety’ forms a large bush that does not go unnoticed thanks to its height of 1 m and a spread of 50 cm. Its long flower spikes provide, from July to August, magnificent bouquets of star-shaped flowers in lavender blue tones. This campanula does not appreciate drought and prefers fresh, well-drained, rich, and cultivated soil. It thrives in both full sun and partial shade. It will naturally find its place in wildflower or cottage gardens, alongside tall mulleins, valerian, foxglove, gauras, or echinacea.

The campanula lactiflora ‘Prichard’s variety’

Further reading:

• Discover all our campanula varieties.
• To learn everything about campanulas, check out our guide on planting, cultivation, and maintenance.