Blue Flowers35 Stories
Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Polemonium Reptans Paints Woodlands Blue in Spring
Plant Jacob’s ladder in eastern U.S. woodland gardens for its bright blue flowers and delicate foliage
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Gilia Capitata
Add playful blue flowers to your California garden and provide food for butterflies, native bees and honey bees in spring and summer
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Mertensia Virginica
Virginia bluebells provides relief from winter with a big display of color
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Gentiana Andrewsii
If you’re a fan of closed flowers every autumn, then today is your lucky day!
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Tradescantia Ohiensis Adds Shades of Blue
This reliable, adaptable U.S. native provides spider-like foliage and clusters of blue to purple flowers in Eastern gardens each spring
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Lobelia Siphilitica Keeps Its Cool
Great blue lobelia, a flowering native that prefers moist soil, adds a calming blue hue to the late-summer garden
Full StoryFall Gardening6 Splendid Blue-Flowering Bulbs
How do you blue? With colors from sky to cobalt, these bulbs will greet you merrily in a spring garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Anise Hyssop Delights Licorice Lovers
With its distinct scent and flower spikes, drought-tolerant Agastache foeniculum stirs interest among humans and winged creatures alike
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Verbena Stricta Tolerates Tough Spots
With its subtle beauty and long-lasting flowers, this pollinator pleaser is a boon to wilder areas
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Blue Vervain for Beauty and Bees
Try this tall and spiky pollinator plant for an unusual back-of-the-border look
Full StoryNative PlantsGreat Design Plant: Color Outside the Lines With Bluebell Bellflower
Plant this Campanula on pathway and patio edges for shots of bright blue from May through September
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