SEED AVAILABLE:
Sow 7 weeks before last frost 
Easy warm germinator 
21-42 days to germinate
80 seeds 
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone:  3-8 Perennial
Height:  30–60cm [1-2ft]
Spread:  30cm [1ft]
Growth:  A basal clump with a deep taproot gradually enlarges
Flower:  In mid summer tall stems emerge from the clump with a ladder of lavender-blue puffy balloons that, one by one, open into five petalled star-shaped bellflowers - good as a cut flower
Foliage:  Dark green leaves form the clump and small leaves climb the flower stems; in late summer the entire plant turns a pleasing coral-yellow, then dies to the ground
Environment:  This is an easy perennial that will grow in sun or part shade; it tolerates poor soil but must have good drainage
Garden locations:  Nice in the mid-zone of a perennial garden, but erect enough that it can edge a border without support