Canterbury Bells were among the first imported flowers grown in colonial American gardens, where they were valued for their showy three-foot stalks of bell-shaped flowers as well as for their edible roots. In 1812, Thomas Jefferson recorded sowing the "Bellflower" on the flower roundabout at Monticello. This may have been Canterbury Bells, a biennial, or one of the perennial Campanula species available at the time.

The seed of this packet will produce blue-flowered plants. Sow the seeds in a pot in summer and transplant the seedlings to individual pots before moving to the garden in early fall. The plants will establish crowns of leaves before heavy frost and bloom late the next spring. Full sun or part shade. USDA Zones 5-8.

Approximately 150 seeds per pack.

Line Drawing from Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture by L.H. Bailey (1935) zone5, zone6, zone7, zone8