Blue Perennial Flowers

Blue perennial flowers have been in demand for as long as I can remember. I would venture a guess that they are second only to red flowering varieties.

Sometimes as landscape designers we tend to concentrate on the use of one color too much.

This is indeed a mistake as one should use a palette of flower colors just as the artist uses a full selection of paints to complete his work of art.

At one time I was employed by a designer that always used white flowers in his projects from the front yard and throughout the back.

How boring was his concept with absolutely zero surprises from one area to another.

I am not saying that a garden theme featuring just one color should not be developed but rather what I am indicating is that one color and one color only should not be the only visual treat in an entire landscape.

Lets take a look at some great perennials featuring blue flowers as follows:

• Ajuga Burgundy Glow
• Ajuga Metallica
• Anchusa Alkanet
• Aster Woods Blue
• Baptisia Minor – False Blue Indigo
• Caryopteris – Blue Mist Spirea
• Catananche - Cupid’s Dart
• Ceratostigma – Plumbago
• Delphinium – Summer Nights
• Erigeron – Fleabane
• Eryngium – Sea Holly
• Iris – Flag – Cristata Dwarf Crested
• Linum – Blue Flax
• Lobelia – Siphilitica Blue Select
• Myosotis Palustris – Forget-Me-Not
• Pontederia – Blue Pickerel Plant
• Scabiosa – Pincushion Flower – Ritz Blue

The following is an excellent blue flowering variety of clematis:

• Blue Bird

Every attempt has been made to select the bluest of the blue flowering perennials.