Storybook Blend Canterbury Bells brings cottage garden charm to any sunny border with its distinctive cup-and-saucer flower form. These frost-hardy biennials reach 18 to 36 inches tall and thrive in zones 5 through 8, producing spires of delicate, bell-shaped blooms in a captivating blend of colors. Start seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before your last spring frost, and many plants will reward you with flowers in their first year. Their moderate water needs and preference for full sun to partial shade make them reliable performers, while their preference for slightly acidic to neutral soil (6.0 to 7.5 pH) keeps them vigorous and healthy.
Partial Sun
Moderate
5-8
36in H x ?in W
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The Storybook Blend captures the enchantment of heirloom cottage gardens in seed form, offering a curated mix of colors within a single packet. Seeds germinate reliably at 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit and can be started indoors for first-year blooms, giving you flexibility in timing. Press seeds into the soil surface without burying them, thin seedlings to one plant every 6 to 18 inches once they reach 1 to 2 inches tall, and you'll have robust plants ready to transition outdoors.
Canterbury Bells serve as classic cut flowers and garden focal points, their tall spikes of blooms reaching upward through mixed borders. The distinctive bell-shaped flowers attract pollinators and add vertical interest where many perennials offer only rounded forms.
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Start seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before your average last spring frost date. Germinate at 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Seeds may bloom in their first year when started indoors.
Transplant seedlings outdoors after hardening off, timing your move for 8 to 10 weeks before your average last spring frost date, or 2 to 4 weeks after it if direct sowing outside. Space plants 6 to 18 inches apart depending on desired mature size.
Sow seeds outside 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date and/or 2 months before your average first frost date, pressing them into the soil surface without covering.
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