General Culture:

Best grown in well-drained, medium moisture soils in full sun to part shade. In hot summer climates, best golden foliage color generally occurs in part shade, particularly with some afternoon shade. Spreads aggressively in optimum growing conditions and may need to be regularly divided to help control growth.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

‘Dickson’s Gold’ is a low-growing (to 6” tall), mat-forming Adriatic bellflower cultivar that spreads indefinitely by prostrate to decumbent stems. Features star-like blue flowers (1/2 to 1” wide) in loose axillary clusters in late spring and golden foliage. Plants of this species are sometimes commonly called Gargano bellflower because the species was discovered growing at the base of Italy’s Mt. Gargano in 1827. Species was formerly known as C. elantines var. garganica.