I watched the British gardening programme, Gardener's World, the other day and one of the presenters, Carol Klein, mentioned that blue flowers are much rarer than other colours. I think she said that only about 10% of flowers are blue. Now I am wondering if that includes flowers which are not a true blue but are a little on the purple or mauve side. Anyway, I realised that I have quite a number of blue-flowering plants in my garden and an even greater number of purpley-blue flowers. I think that I tend to steer towards that colour, and whites, and maybe that's because I am Piscean, if you can believe that kind of stuff. Anyway, here are some of the blue flowers that I grow, or have grown (and died on me), or seen elsewhere and photographed.
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| Jasione laevis 'Blue Light' |
Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue'
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| Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue' |
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| Gentiana pneumonanthe |
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| Veronica gentianoides (a very pale blue flower) |
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| Scilla siverica 'Spring Beauty' |
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| Ipheion Uniflorum 'Rolph Fiedler' |
There are also many plants which named as being blue, or listed as blue, which to me are not a true blue but lean towards purple or mauve.
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