Pretty Blue Flowers
When you are planning your flower garden take into consideration the bloom time of the flower. Planting perennials with different bloom times fairly near each other will ensure that your garden has blooms over their entire season. Perennials are high maintenance and can save you a lot of work in your garden. Plant the flower plants in such a way that the taller plants are at the back. Blue flowers planted in clusters can really make an impression in a garden.
When planting flowers, follow the instructions on the packet carefully. Only those plants that will thrive in the condition that you intend to grow them in should be bought. A plant that grows well in the sunlight may not do well in the shade and you will end up disappointed with the results.
Polemonuim also known as Blue Pearl is a compact plant that grows to 10" and has deep sky blue flowers. Blooming in late spring to early summer the plant requires partial shade and well drained soil.
The Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) a spring -flowering plant is a bulbous perennial. It is a native of the British Isles and Western France. This plant flowers in April and May. These lavender-blue flowers are pendulous, bell-shaped and slightly fragrant. Their stems are about 10-30cm long and bend over at the top. The anthers of these bell-shaped flowers are yellowish-white. The blue-bell is the national flower of Scotland.
The Blue Sea Holly is a dramatic plant having a lavender Blue cone- like flower with long spiked petals. A hot favourite for dried flower arrangements, it grows to 30" in full sun, blooming in mid to late summer.
Longwood Blue - Bluebeard is a drought tolerant deciduous shrub. It grows to a height of 3' x 4' and a spread of 2' x 4'. The bluebeard produces dense clusters of fragrant blue flowers set atop silvery-gray foliage. The plants break into bloom in late summer and continue into autumn. Due to its healthy height, these flowers attract beautiful butterflies. Another blue flower is the Delphinuim or Butterfly Blue. The plant is adorned with bright blue delicate flowers that bloom in early to mid summer. They reach 10" tall and prefer sun with rich moist soil.
The wild hyacinth produces a number of pale violet blue flowers, though once in a way they can be white. There are more or less equal groups of 6 flowers on long, oblong-shaped branches. The plant grows to about 1-2 feet in height and has glasslike, short leaves.