Creeping Bellflower by Zeynel Cebeci; CC BY-SA 4.0 While some consider creeping bellflower to be a highly invasive “weed,” as it self-seeds most readily and even a tiny fragment of its root will spawn a new plant, others find that its pale lavender flowers adorning tall stems are a welcome edible ornamental plant. Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) Posted by plantcollector. This may be 'invasive' or a 'garden thug' to many or most people, but the plant is edible even though it is not commonly grown as a food plant now. The taste is slightly sweet, suggesting parsnips. However, it is edible, so escaped individuals can be permanently disposed of. A lesser known wild edible, creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) has become one of my favorite spring greens. The creeping bell flower may be a pest to the eyes of some, but in my eyes it is a boon. In the book, infected victims don’t become zombies right away. This bellflower is cold-hardy in USDA zones 4 to 8 and blooms during early summer of its second year. Required fields are marked * Comment. Wanted: Creeping Bellflower ... A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America by Lee Allen Peterson says this about this plant “The slender runners send down fleshy underground branches which can be chopped and added to salads or boiled for 20 minutes. Creeping Bellflower: The Zombie Weed by Rob Sproule. The whole plant is edible particularly at this time of the year (spring). Edible Campanula rapunculoides or creeping bellflower . I recently read Max Brooks’ page-turning unread romp, “World War Z.” The book is a mediation of what a global zombie plague, and our subsequent reaction to it, would look like. Its stems then grow up to 3 feet in height, along which its attractive flowers bloom. The rover bellflower’s edible ovate leaves grow from 1 to 4 inches long and are slightly toothed and grow in a slightly mounded habit on the ground. Plus, if you have a gardening question, one of our helpful and friendly gardening experts can help answer it. Your email address will not be published. Happy ardening! Edible Campanula rapunculoides or creeping bellflower. It looks like this: If you see it or suspect that you see it, haul it out. Name * Email * Website. Flowers, leaves, young shoots, roots are edible. Ask a gardening question, get a gardening answer. Full sun to part shade. Creeping Bellflower is an invasive plant that we'd rather not have in the garden. Whether you are a new gardener or an experienced one, we can help you learn new hings and grow your garden. Discover gardening made easy. Spreads rapidly on rhizomes and produces deep, taproot-shaped tubers. Invasive tendencies and extreme hardiness mean lots of it will be available. Creeping Bellflower, a European import popular in the garden industry, readily escapes cultivation and can quickly become invasive, spreading both from seed (up to 15,000 per plant!) as well as its root system. I frequently eat the young leaves, although I’ve heard great reports on the tasty thick rhizome it produces. Silver Springs Edible Garden Prefers summer moisture. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Creeping bellflower is a very attractive flower, and understandably popular in gardens, but it frequently escapes into disturbed sites such as roadsides and waste areas. Lilac spires of bellflowers to 1.2m in summer are very attractive to bees. Reader Interactions. Groundcover bellflower with edible shoots, leaves, flowers and nutty roots. Lilac spires of bellflowers to 1.2m in summer are very attractive to bees on rhizomes and produces deep taproot-shaped. May be a pest to the eyes of some, but in eyes... 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