How To Decorate Your Garden With Blue Flowers

When decorating your garden with blue flowers, itfull sun with well drained soil.
can add a rich splash of color to your garden. Plant4. Delphinium, Butterfly Blue - Bright blue delicate
them in a cluster of all blue or mix them in with otherflowers adorn this plant that blooms in early to mid
flowers for a rainbow of color.summer. It reaches 10" tall and prefers a sunny
The important thing when planting flowers is tolocation with rich moist soil.
follow the instructions on the tag for the plant.5. Hydrangea, Nikko Blue - Gigantic clumps of blue
Always buy plants that will thrive in the conditions inflowers adorn this shrub for most of the summer. In
which you intend to grow them. A plant that lovesthe fall, the flowers turn a golden color. This plant is a
sun won't do well in a shady area and you will only benew variety that prefers rich soil but will grow in
disappointed with the results.shade, partial sun or full sun.
You must be aware of the bloom time of the6. Penstemon, Blue Buckle - This plant has tubular
flowers when planning you garden. Planting perennialsshaped blooms in blue to purple and flowers in mid
with different bloom times near each other will insuresummer to early fall. It grows to 15" and likes well
a garden that has blooms all season long. Rememberdrained soil with full or partial sun.
also to plan for the height of the plants, putting the7. Polemonuim, Blue Pearl - A compact plant with
taller ones in the back.deep sky blue flowers that grows to 10". It blooms in
Below is a list of favorite blue flowering plants thatlate spring to early summer. Plant in partial shade and
you might want to consider for your garden:in well drained soil.
1. Ajuga, Bronze Beauty - This short bushy plant has8. Scabiosa, Butterfly Blue - A bushy perennial with
spikes of blue flowers that grows quickly. Great as alavender blue flowers that bloom from June to
ground cover or in raised beds. It blooms in springOctober. This plant likes full sun and attracts
and prefers a shady area.butterflies and hummingbirds.
2. Blue Sea Holly - This dramatic plant has a lavender9. Verbena, Babylon Blue - Blue purple flowers petals
blue cone like flower with long spiked petals. It growsadorn this plant that blooms in early spring. Great for
to 30" and is a favorite for dried flowerwindow boxes and planters.
arrangements. Plant in full sun - blooms in mid to late10. Vinca - Medium blue flowers and glossy green
summer.leaves form a carpet that grows to about 6" tall and
3. Campanula, Blue Carpet - Bright blue to lilac coloredblooms in mid spring. This plant will grow in most soil
flowers bloom for weeks in the middle of summer.conditions, in the shade or sun.
This low growing perennial grows to 4" and prefers