Codonopsis lanceolata

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Price:  £5.00 Notify me when this item is available Brand:  The Plantsman's Preference Family:  Campanulaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  Cream Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  Over 2.4m / 8' Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H6 minimum -15C to -20C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

Amazing large (thumble-size) creamy bells with rich maroon markings inside on a twining herbaceous perennial to 2.4m-3m. Easy and hardy - a good plant to confuse your friends!

Self-clinging, Codonopsis lanceolata just needs a framework of some sort or another plant to climb up.  Unusual bright green pointed leaves show up the pale flowers.

Cut the previous years growth back to ground level in late winter and the new shoots will appear in mid-late spring, don't panic if they are not up until at least mid-April!

From China Japan, Korea and far eastern Russia.  Known as deodeok in Korea where the roots are eaten.