Love in a mist Miss Jekyll blue

Morning Glory Clarke’s Heavenly Blue

@oursteelers 8B PNW what are these two?

i want some for myself, ha

Jc, the second one is Passion and I’m sorry but I don’t have the tag for the first one :(

They are genuinely stunning.

I have some blue enchantress (black stems) that im going to try and keep blue, but its an uphill battle for me.

@I.A. Lokin: Someone kindly saved the discussion “Why Blue” in the Perennial FAQ forum, here’s the link: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/2766415/why-blue#n=1

Enjoy! :)

I wish people named the photos. There are some I don't recognize but I'd love to have in my garden. Thanks for sharing! Anyone know that fabulous blue with a white star centre and a yellow eye?

Sharon, point/call out the user name so people can find which one you want to know the name of.

I no longer have my own photos of these two:

Sky Pilot, seen on the trail to the top of Mt. Whitney

Anchusa azurea: really a weedy looking plant (IMO), best in a mixed background:

anything in the garden to add here?

anyone bookmark the other similar posts.. and can easily.. bring them back up the lists??

ken

I don't think these have been added :

Blue lobelia - grows in my birds&bees patch

Blue-eyed grass - growing under my dwarf apple

Ken- go to your home page and click on activity, then change the activity to ”Discssion Posts” and you will find them all.

tj

Trying to post my sweet blue poppy (meconopsis) picture fresh this year, technological difficulties, please stand by ;)

steph.. the idea is to post pix .. make us drool

the photo upload works on my phone:

meconopsis grandiflora (or betonicifolia?)

New this year: Gentiana verna var. angulosa

ignore ugly deckboard, with luck my new gentian will grow to obscure it :))

Balloon flowers (Platycodon)

Salvia Victoria blue

A more recent pic of my evolvulus looking more impressive.

^^^^ OOh, I want some of that!

I think somebody above had these Veronica Sunny Border Blue. Just starting to bloom by the mailbox.

Blue Spruce with a background of Japanese Maple. Both here when we bought the house so I’m not sure of their proper names.

Well ... someone keeps forgetting to take pictures before picking the blueberries ... so I guess this is mostly blue from the garden (what didn't get eaten) ... and some nearly blue in it ...

@lat62, how do you manage to grow the blue poppies? They are supposed to be really difficult. What part of the country/world is this?

Blue plumbago

Alaska lupine blooming everywhere in Iceland

The original "Why Blue?" thread from 1997 saved within a second thread.

1997 Why Blue discussion

Echinops Blue Glow:

that some nice brick work zeke ... ken

Thanks Ken! Did it myself...hopefully it looks this nice next year after the winter freeze thaw :P

getgoing, - the blue meconopsis do well in our cool, rainy summer here in Anchorage, Alaska without much tending.

gentian trying to open on cool day

Eryngium ’blue hobbit’

@mazerolm_3a interesting discussion thanks for sharing

Ceanothus and Audi, I think. I’m better at plants than cars.

Gorgeous @floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK (car and Ceanothus).

SAGE:

man you have made a real art out of capturing blue in pix.. its 90% timing .. time of day ... and light intensity ... congrats..

ken

So many gorgeous blues. Mine have all gone into the unseen comments now but I added some new plants.

Delphinium g. Summer Clouds a day or two after planting this year.

I don't think I showed Eryngium Hellas.

Echinops Veitch's Blue was reintroduced late last fall. I redid this whole section of garden.

A Rhyncostylis coelestis hybrid.

GG thats beautiful!

Heres my bluest from July....

Delphiniums with Big Blue sea holly

GH, nice delphiniums.

Gg thank you. I have very few left. Only the ones on my dry slope... go figure.

Sadly none of these returned this year

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I must have had at least 30.

I haven't looked at this thread in awhile. Great examples of blue flowers. I have very few. Blue Hydrangeas, but no flowers this year. They fried on the plant. I love Delphinium but haven't grown them in years. So pretty! And that orchid is very different.

Peren.all - I love that Eryngium Hellas. Is that drought tolerant?

FloralUK - That Ceanothus - wow! Those don't grow here on the East coast. Nice specimen.

Agreed the Delphiniums blue is very true

GH, it's a shame you lost so many delphiniums. Any chance they will come back next year? I tried growing them from seed one year. I eventually got one from the whole packet that survived and flowered. And then promptly died. It's seeds never sprouted! I need no divas in my little garden. The only divas I am willing to keep trying for are a gardenia and a lithodora. I finally have one of each going that I propagated from cuttings. Hopefully they will do better than store bought plants. The lithodora blue is my favorite

prairiemoon Eryngium planum are perfect for dry conditions. They are very adaptable too, the area I have them in flooded with snow melt and they laughed it off. They are extremely attractive to pollinators and make a wonderful cut or dried flower as well. Top marks all around.

Thanks Peren.all - I'm wondering if yours is a certain variety of Eryngium planum?

Yes prairiemoon it is Eryngium planum 'Hellas'. There are a lot of great ones available so it is hard to go wrong.

Yours is very pretty Peren.all - I just saw a photo of one called 'Big Blue' that is not a planum but is a E. zabelii - looks interesting too, but I'm going to have to look for yours... I like it with the purple in the background.

Forget-me-nots are just starting to open in my (Sydney) garden. I don’t think you can get much bluer.