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Canterbury bell

(Plants) a campanulaceous biennial European plant, Campanula medium, widely cultivated for its blue, violet, or white flowers

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Noun	1.	Canterbury bell - herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers Gloxinia perennis genus Gloxinia - small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers gloxinia - any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
	2.	Canterbury bell - European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers Campanula medium, cup and saucer bellflower, campanula - any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers

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'em, all about 'work among the merry, merry blossoms," said Sacharissa from the deeps of a stale Canterbury bell.

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"Lilies o' th' valley does," he answered, digging away with the trowel, "an' there's Canterbury bells, an' campanulas."

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hybrida), Aster alpinus, Canterbury bell (Campanula medium), Coreopsis grandiflora, common bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis), * foxglove (Digitalis), Euryops pectinatus, Gaillardia grandiflora, daylily (Hemerocallis), iris, crown-pink (Lychnis coronaria), bells-of-Ireland (Moluccella laevis), * daffodil (Narcissus), * both Iceland and Oriental poppy (Papaver nudicaule, P.

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perfection: Canterbury Bells. Left, Pantone's colour of 2018

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Purple perfection: Canterbury Bells. Left, Pantone's colour of 2018

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l In a nursery bed, sow seeds of wallflowers and forget-me-nots and of biennial flowers like honesty and Canterbury bells, which can be transplanted to their flowering spot later in the year l Look out for vine weevil damage in the greenhouse and treat compost in pots and borders by drenching with a biological pest control nematode if you find any.

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