Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Ornamental flowers and grasses 

Campanula, nettle-leaved

Campanula trachelium


Appearance

Perennial to ca. 1 m tall. Leaves rough, paler beneath, long pointed, irregularly toothed, the upper leaves unstalked. Flowers pale mauve, 30 to 50 mm long, ascending to horizontal bells borne in leafy racemes.

Habitat

In South facing border against the house.


Months in flower

2020
2021
2022
2023