Walking around the garden last week, I was surprised at the amount of `blue` plants flowering at the moment, so I thought I would share with you. Now I know there are not many true `blue` flowers and they are particularly hard to photograph true to colour, so I should say blue and purple flowers. So, here we go... Lets start off with just a good old Petunia - probably more purple than blue, but oh how pretty
If you need a good ground cover, this is it! Convolvulous `Moroccan Beauty`.It doesn't `wander` like it`s counterparts and flowers for many months in a sunny spot.
This area covers about three metres or 10 foot
This tall and vigorous salvia `Black and Blue` attracts many butterflies.
There are many different salvias here as they are tough and hardy
A spectacular large shrub or small tree - Duranta `Geisha Girl`. She flowers freely throughout the summer months
Always a crowd pleaser - Brugmansia, sometimes commonly known as `Morning, Noon and Night` or ` Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow`
One of my more unusual treasures...Iochroma. Quite a tall and fast growing plant that we treat as a perennial here and cut it back hard each year
Close-up of the unusual flowers - they do make a lot of mess dropping thousands of flowers daily
There is nothing quite like an old fashioned blue Hydranga
And then we have the dainty little dwarf Agapanthus -`Baby Blue`, always a pretty sight when mass planted
I know, it`s not blue - but these dear little Angelonias were too pretty to be left out
And lastly, the pale blue Plumbago that is hedged along one of our boundaries. I have a love/hate relationship with this plant that attracts gazzillions of butterflies - the down side? It sticks like glue to the dogs fur and even my hair when pruning!
So that`s what`s Blue just now... but looking around today, I noticed A LOT OF PINK things flowering.... hmmm, perhaps next post?
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