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We have a blue house and my wife is looking for a rich blue colored flower to plant around the house. She prefer one that will come back each summer. Any suggestions?
oh man are there any blue flowers? let's see off the top of my head, ageratum, false indigo, salvia, loads of iris, blue star amsonia, some lilacs, some butterfly bush, agastachs, ajuga, and then there are the beautiful silver plants like artemesia, lambs ear, and on and on it goes.
just google "perennials with blue flowers" and there are many suggestions.
I don't deal with annuals but there are some blues ones as well. If you don't have deer problems be sure to include some blue/green hosta..just beautiful.
It may depend on where you live but I grow quite a few different blue flowering perennials that should grow in much of the USA.
Veronica also known as Speedwell. There so many different versions of blue and blue-purple color. Here's one company that sells some of them: Veronica Perennials, Plant Veronicas
And if you don't mind bringing them indoors in winter, there are blue Agapanthus (which have never, ever, bloomed for me - either in Mississippi or up here in Oregon...but for some people, they bloom...).
Oh, and I decided to see if Vitex Agnus Castus was hardy in your area. Here's a link to an expert near you, discussing that wonderful little blue-flowered tree: http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gard...x-shoal-creek/ (and when they say "aromatic leaves", they aren't exaggerating. On a hot summer day, the scent is most invigorating. DH says he wishes he had that scent in a bottle, for slapping on his face after a shave.)
And on the subject of blue trees and scented foliage, you MAY be able to grow Arizona Cypress (cultivar, 'Ice Blue') //pics.davesgarden.com/pics/201...oan/281120.jpg. If your home's blue is more 'Fromage Bleu' than Sky Blue, then this plant may work out well for you. I had a few Arizona Cypresses in an area in my walled Mississippi garden, where their sharp, medicinal scent could mix with Fruit-scented roses, Tuberose, Sweet Olive, Gardenias and Jasmine. The combination of scents was ambrosial.
Last edited by GrandviewGloria; 06-11-2013 at 12:54 AM..
gee- think we've just about covered it for ya. obviously there is no shortage of blue/purple/silver plants. I had a beautiful vitex in GA which was so beautiful. I miss it terribly.
and you can change the color per hydrangeas with amendments each year. I even had one with pink flowers on one side and blue on the other. I had great fun with it. Kind of like dyeing a poodle!
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