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Also Known As

Big Merrybells
Great Merrybells
Large Bellwort
Large Flowered Bellwort
Large Leaf Bellwort

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 24"-36"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Uvularia grandiflora plant details

Uvularia grandiflora is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In spring and summer yellow flowers emerge. Features glossy texture. Attracts bees making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture - regular water. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant, humidity tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Uvularia grandiflora

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: colchicaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 24 IN - 36 IN - tall
Flowers: yellow blooms in spring and summer
Uses: bare root shipping available, larger quantity available, showy, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Uvularia grandiflora

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: heat, humidity and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

?Nothing is prettier at the base of a tree trunk than a grouping of merrybells? (B. Miles). After the pendulous yellow bells of this woodland 2-3? wildflower go, the handsome foliage will be enjoyed all summer. PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

(MERRY BELLS) Clump forming woodland perennial native to Missouri; erect stems with pleated leaves emerge in spring and grow to 2’ dripping with 1.5” yellow flowers with attractive twisty petals in April and May, followed by interesting triangular fruits. Easy to grow in moist, decently drained soil in part to full shade. Rhizomes are slow expanding. USDA Z4-9 3x5” tall pot

By: Secret Garden Growers

Uvularia grandiflora is a bellwort from central and eastern North America that forms clumps of erect two foot tall stems with twisted, bright green, lance-shaped leaves and pendulous, bell-shaped, yellow flowers with twisted petals.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Other than the flowers are larger than on U. sessilifolia, they are deeply colored and very showy. Easy to grow in a woodland setting. Clumping. Shipped as bare root into April, potted later in the year but they won't be rooted in until summer.

By: Edelweiss Perennials

With subtle grace, this moisture-loving woodland dweller unveils exquisitely dainty, moonlit yellow blooms. Its slender rhizomes send up a colony of wiry, erect branching stalks alternately wrapped in smooth, fresh green oblong foliage without petioles. From the upper leaf nodes on arched stem tips, 6 twisted lanceolate petals define narrowly bell-shaped blooms that enact a merry, dangling dance. A Solomon's Seal relation native to central and eastern America, Merrybells easily enchants any open, shady haunt given humus-rich soil, mulch and companions like Disporum 'Heronswood Night' and Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip'.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

This classic spring wildflower makes a great focal center in the woodland garden. Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) has distinctive, deep yellow flowers that really stand out when planted with lower growing spring wildflowers and woodland sedges. Spreads slowly by rhizomes to form attractive clumps. Does well in any well-drained soil in medium to full shade. Hardy to Zones 3 - 7.

By: Prairie Nursery

The perfoliate leaves glabrous above pubescent beneath, the dangling 5 cm bright yellow flowers are very showy and the plants naturalize well, Bellwort is perfect mixed with Polygonatums and Disporums in a woodland setting.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Large yellow flowers are borne in spring at the tips of arching stalks as the leaves unfurl. Similar arching habit to Soloman's seal provides the shade garden with great texture. A great native that is much overlooked as a garden plant.

By: Botanophilia

Blooms: pendent, yellow/ deciduous, blue-green leaves Zone 7-9. 12"-16", Eastern US, shade-sun, moist, well drained

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

Native wildflower, from Missouri, a shade-lover with up to six, yellow flowers like twisted bells hanging from the tops of 20" stems with bright green leaves. A sweet presence in a shade woodland where soil is rich and kept regularly moist. Easy in part to full shade in USDA zone 4.

By: Cistus Nursery

Merry Bells. One of our favorite of the eastern woodland wildflowers. Rich gold pendant flowers dangling like earrings on a woman of some serious substance. Combines beautifully with upper crust plants such as Cardiocrinums and Arisaemas yet hangs comfortably with Hostas.

By: Far Reaches Farm

North American native that is festooned with lovely creamy yellow bells in early spring. Perfect for woodland gardens. 18" tall.

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

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Gardening facts about Uvularia grandiflora plant

How to Grow Uvularia grandiflora

Sun Exposure
- mostly sun - shade
Soil Needs
- adaptable
- average
- well-drained
- rich
Water Needs
- even moisture - regular
Special Situation
- heat tolerant
- humidity tolerant
- verticillium wilt resistant