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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

10 Enchanting Blue Flowers -- Excellent Addition in Your Garden

Although an uncommon color botanically speaking, plants with blue flowers add a cool touch in a blue garden. The cool tones of blue evoke wide open, often unexplored spaces and creates an aura of mystery. The blue garden plan may include, but is not limited to, the following plants with blue flowers:

Himalayan Blue Poppy

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The Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia) is a gardening real head-turner. The plant is native to the mountains of southeastern Tibet. Flowers bloom from May to July. Tall leafy stems bear a succession of single scintillating, silky blue flowers, 8 to 10 cm (3 to 4in) in width with contrasting yellow stamens.

Blue Butterfly Larkspur

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Blue Butterfly Larkspur (Delphinium grandiflorum) has just the bluest gentian-blue flower. The plant is also called Chinese Larkspur or Siberian Larkspur, because the native range of the species includes northern China, Mongolia, & the steppes of eastern Siberia. The individual blossoms are not on a spike like most larkspurs, but a bit more subtle than other genus. Unlike other types of delphinium which reach impressive heights, Blue Butterfly delphinium is more diminutive, measuring about 12 to 18 inches. Blooms from late spring through early summer.

Eastern Bluestar

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Eastern Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana) is a perfect pick for blue flowers. This erect-stemmed perennial wildflower is native to the southern and southeastern United States, and northern Mexico. The plant is about 2-4' tall with elongated leaves that are lance-shaped and light-green growing on smooth, erect stems. It produces bright blue star-shaped flowers appearing in fluffy clusters at the tips of the stems. Each flower has a tube shaped corolla with five spreading lobes. Flowers bloom in late spring.

Lily of the Nile

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Lily-of-the-Nile (Agapanthus africanus) is native to South Africa. The plant is an evergreen perennial with strap-shaped leaves and erect stems. The flowers are somewhat lily-like in rounded clusters (umbels) of light to deep blue or white, funnel-shaped flowers. Blooms in summer.

Jack Frost Brunnera

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'Jack Frost' (Brunnera macrophylla) is a perennial plant grown for its exquisite silver and green variegated foliage, and sprays of small bright blue Forget-me-not flowers. It is commonly known as Siberian Bugloss or False Forget-me-not. Excellent for the woodland garden, flowers appear in April to May.

Brazilian Blue Sage

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Brazilian Blue Sage (Salvia guaranitica) 'Black & Blue' is a species of Salvia native to a wide area of South America, including Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. This perennial shrub is also known as Sapphire Sage for its incredible jewel-bright blooms. The cultivar 'Black & Blue' have fairly large (one- to two-inch) long, tubular two lipped cobalt blue flowers, which are held at their bases by near-black calyces. Flowering period starts in August to October.

Borage

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Borage (Borago officinalis), also known as a Starflower, is an easy growing annual gangly plant. It is native to the Mediterranean region. The 15–25 mm (0.6–1 in.) wide flowers are vivid blue and star-shaped with five triangular-pointed petals. They’re a true blue, although pink flowers are sometimes observed. There is a cultivar of borage that produces white flowers as well. Bloom Time: June to August.

Blue False Indigo

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Blue False Indigo or Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis), is a native American beauty. It is a bushy, robust perennial in the family Fabaceae (legumes). Baptisia australis is a standout because of its striking indigo-blue pea-like flowers. The flowers, about 2.5 cm long (1 inch) are borne on long racemes. Bloom Time: May to June.

Siberian Squill

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Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica) is a spring bulb plant. It bears tiny, nodding, sky blue–dark blue, star-like flowers. The flowers have six petals and six white stamens with dark blue tips. Flowers are arranged singly or in racemes of two or three at the top of a slender naked stem. . Each flower is about 1 inch across when fully open. Bloom Time: April.

Cornflower

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Cornflower or Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus) got the name because they grew wild in European corn fields. Centaurea cyanus is an annual plant growing to 16-35 inches tall, with grey-green branched stems. It bears charming true blue flowers. Each disc-shaped flower is about 1.5 inches across, with ragged petals radiating out from the center. Bloom Time: May to July.

26 comments:

  1. They do look wonderful, unique and very cool in the eyes.

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  2. Oh my... look at those! I really love flowers with a violet or puple hue, because that's my favorite color! I love the pictures!!! So realxing.

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  3. Funny the cornflower is not yellow and itdoesn't look like corn at all. LOL. The brunera looked like the flower my grandma calls "petty minnie". I don't even know if there's a real one or if the spelling is right. LOL. I'd like to see other colors. :D

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  4. I wish I have a flower garden right now so that I can plant a Himalayan Blue Poppy.

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  5. They all look beautiful! Plus, blue is my favorite color too. :)

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  6. Wow! These flowers looks really cool. The color of its petals are very pleasing to my eyes.

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  7. My mood changes to better upon seeing these wonderful flowers and nice piece of information. Thanks.

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  8. I didn't know there were so many variants of blue flowers. I read sometime ago that a naturally blue-colored blue flower does not exist yet. Seems that is history now.

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  9. The Blue False Indigo looks more purple than blue or is it just me haha. They're all lovely, wish I can grow them indoors so I can appreciate their beauty on a daily basis.

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  10. Blue is my favorite color and they look great and majestic on flowers.

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  11. these flowers look very lovely. my mother loves dancing lady orchid.

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  12. I love flowers and I love them even better because they're blue. This a great collection of blue flowers.

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  13. i thought i read cornflour and on 2nd look i realised it's cornflower! haha. i like the cornflower and the blue false indigo best!

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  14. I love flowers and plants. The ones you listed are very beautiful and I would have to say my favorite on was the Borage. It kind of reminds me of a cactus a bit. It's very unique and I love it. The photos are amazing.

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  15. Not only am I fascinated with flowers and photos of them, I also love snaping pictures of flowers I see. The photos are lovely and how I wish we have these flowers in our yard.

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  16. The Himalayan Blue Poppy is my favorite from all the other flowers in this post. But do you happen to know if there is any blue flower that can be found in tropical countries?

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  17. This is such an awesome list - the kind of blues that would be a pleasant sight. In this list, the Himalayan Blue Poppy is my favorite. I like how that it's not entirely blue; the color yellow makes is a good complement.

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  18. I LIKE LADY OF THE NILE... something about the petals and design fascinates me...

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  19. I am such a huge lover of flowers and these featured here are totally stunning! I love them!

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  20. I wonder if any of these can grow in a tropical climate. These blue flowers I am not sure I can see in real life, but it was very interesting seeing their pictures and reading about them.

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  21. the vanda from the Philippines will always be my favorite . I love seeing it in the wild looking innocent from the rest of the world.

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  22. Oh I have always been fascinated with blue flowers, probably as blue is my favourite colour! Love your selection here.

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  23. I love the shade of blue of these flowers. It can really stand out in mother Earth.

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  24. The blue poppy is so beautiful. I am not a big flower fan as I am allergic to them.

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  25. Of all the 10 blue flowers, I love the Eastern Bluestar. It has its own unique, something in its flower that attracts me.

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  26. As a florist for my day job I can definitely agree that rich blues in flowers are definitely a rarity, however this makes them all the more special. You have picked out some great ones here.

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