EASY TO GROW EVERGREEN PERENNIAL. CAN BE SOWN INDOORS IN WINTER 6-10 WEEKS BEFORE YOUR REGION'S LAST FROST, TO BE TRANSPLANTED OUTSIDE IN SPRING. OR CAN BE SOWN DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND IN SPRING, SUMMER OR FALL.CANTERBURY BELLS WERE SOME OF THE FIRST IMPORTED FLOWERS GROWN IN COLONIAL AMERICAN GARDENS. IN FACT, THEY DATE BACK TO MID-EVIL TIMES. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VALUED FOR THEIR SHOWY 3-FOOT  STALKS OF BELL-SHAPED FLOWERS THAT LAST THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THEY ARE SUN-LOVERS THAT ESTABLISH EASILY FROM FLOWER SEED FOR ANY GARDEN. THEY ARE PRAISED FOR BEING EXCELLENT CUT FLOWERS. WITH A LONG VASE LIFE, FLOWERS WILL LAST UP TO 8 DAYS, MORE WHEN PRESERVATIVES ARE ADDED TO THE WATER.