bluebells, delphiniums, i love blue, only blue white purple and pink allowed in my garden with exception of narcissi in spring and crocosmia lucifer late summer
My blues are hyacinths, anemone blanda, forget-me-nots, brunnera and pulmonarias in spring. I have one with a rich deep blue flower and silvery leaves but don't know its name. Then geraniums Johnson's Blue and Rozanne, Clematis Perle d'Azur, echinops ritro, eryngiums, plus some comfrey like plants I was given and can't name. I used to have 3 different agapanthus ranging from light to mid to deep blue but they were killed off by a hard winter.
Last year I sowed anchusa and am now waiting to see them flower.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Geranium Roseanne is a great favourite here... arriving a little late, it then flowers its socks off for the rest of the year. Some geraniums have another go after a haircut, Roseanne just keeps going. I have several under a grouping of Queen Elizabeth roses. First year, can't wait.
( someone once wrote that it was the "most boring" plant, in that it plodded on, flowering. The RHS named it the plant of the century... you pays your money, etc.)
Just left these behind in France - they were actually a much truer sky blue and absolutely stunning - wonderful scent too. My son has looked after my tray of delphinium seedlings (my own seed) and all 48 seem to be growing well - oh yes, I love blue too.
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Buttercupdays, you write like a poet! Wonderfully descriptive.
My newest blue find was Borage
it was in a flower mix.. I 've purchased a whole packet of it this year
A blue for all seasons .....definitely my favourite colour flower
bluebells, delphiniums, i love blue, only blue white purple and pink allowed in my garden with exception of narcissi in spring and crocosmia lucifer late summer
Thanks for the pictures Chicky and Gina. Reminds me of summer yet to come....
My blues are hyacinths, anemone blanda, forget-me-nots, brunnera and pulmonarias in spring. I have one with a rich deep blue flower and silvery leaves but don't know its name. Then geraniums Johnson's Blue and Rozanne, Clematis Perle d'Azur, echinops ritro, eryngiums, plus some comfrey like plants I was given and can't name. I used to have 3 different agapanthus ranging from light to mid to deep blue but they were killed off by a hard winter.
Last year I sowed anchusa and am now waiting to see them flower.
Geranium Roseanne is a great favourite here... arriving a little late, it then flowers its socks off for the rest of the year. Some geraniums have another go after a haircut, Roseanne just keeps going. I have several under a grouping of Queen Elizabeth roses. First year, can't wait.
( someone once wrote that it was the "most boring" plant, in that it plodded on, flowering. The RHS named it the plant of the century... you pays your money, etc.)
Just left these behind in France - they were actually a much truer sky blue and absolutely stunning - wonderful scent too. My son has looked after my tray of delphinium seedlings (my own seed) and all 48 seem to be growing well - oh yes, I love blue too.