Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold'

Despite the horrible cold northerly gale that has inflicted this part of the North Kent Coast for the past two weeks, some plants flourish. Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold' has started flowering (19 June 2010), the pale blue flowers against the yellowy leaves are truly exquisite! This is a plant which everyone should have!

It is good to see this plant in flower but I am still depressed by this cold, biting North Wind!

Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold'

Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold' (Adriatic Bellflower) is just beginning to flower and I think the plant looks best when it is in bud. The emerging blue buds look really great amongst the almost yellow leaves and create a sort of haze effect. I can’t resist trying to get a decent photograph of it and my Flickr site has many attempts on it.

I grow this plant on a narrow wall bed in a fairly sunny site and the extra height plus it being just outside the glass back doors enable it to be seen. Of course, I have to admit, I didn’t think of this when I planted it 10 years ago – it just turned out to be a lucky placement.

Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold' is a low growing, rock garden, perennial type of Campanula. I have several other ‘rock garden’ types but they tend to be invasive as does garganica but this ‘Dickson’s Gold’ variety behaves itself very well. My plant now covers about 3 square feet and is about 3 inches high. This variety has the added advantage of its bright yellow-green leaves that give interest even when the plant is out of flower.

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