Blue Flowers35 Stories
Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Wild Lupine Dresses Up Rocky Gardens
Spiky blue flowers and a high tolerance for poor soil make this plant ideal for tough sites
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Ceanothus Pleases With Nectar and Fragrant Blooms
West Coast natives: The blue flowers of drought-tolerant ceanothus draw the eye and help support local wildlife too
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Smooth Aster, the Wonder Pollinator
An insect nirvana with lovely near-blue petals, this low-maintenance aster strives to please
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Bugle Weed, a Quick Ground Cover
It’s highly adaptable, suppresses weeds, reduces erosion and provide weeks of bright flowers. Just watch for invasiveness
Full StoryBulbsGreat Design Plant: Wild Hyacinth for a Bolt of Blue
Get knockout spring blooms on spiky stems by planting these bulbs before the ground freezes
Full StoryGardening for ButterfliesGreat Design Plant: Ceanothus
Try these springtime stars for a bolt of blue, especially where you've got a dry spot in the garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Native Plant: Cleveland Sage
Get a whiff of this salvia for a garden experience to remember. Oh, and you can almost forget about maintenance
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Blue Sage
True blue and adored by hummingbirds, blue sage is easy to grow from seed in a sunny fall garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Periwinkle
This lush and highly tolerant ground cover grows quickly and offers pretty blue blooms in spring
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Globe Thistle
Trot out globe thistle in a sun-drenched garden spot for strikingly sculptural blue flowers through October
Full StoryGold FoliageGreat Design Plant: Hubricht's Bluestar
Billowy, willowy, and with blooms in three seasons, Bluestar makes a cooling, breezy impression in the landscape
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