Photographs: Bandon, Co. Cork

Adria Bellflower /Dalmatian Bellflower Campanula portenschlagiana Family: Campanulaceae Flowering April-August. Perennial. Introduced. Garden escape. Many slightly purplish blue flowers like up-turned bells that can nearly cover the foliage. The evergreen ivy-like leaves are bright-green and shiny. A hairless plant that self-seeds and also spreads vegetatively from root fragments. Vigorous mat-forming growth to 50cm. wide A garden escape prefering well-drained alkaline soil. Mainly found in the southern half of Ireland on walls, pavements and waste ground Similar: Trailing Bellflower, Campanula poscharskyana

Adria Bellflower, Campanula portenschlagiana