What are Some Blue Flowers?
A number of flowers, shrubs, and vines have blue blooms or bluish foliage. You can use blue flowers to create an entirely blue garden, which can be quite striking, or as blocks of accent color in a garden. When choosing blue flowers for your garden, you should go to see them in person, if possible, since shades of blue vary widely, and you may be surprised by the hues of some blooms. It is also a good idea to seek out plants which are hardy in your area of the world: Lily of the Nile, for example, is a lovely blue flower, but it needs warm weather to thrive. A number of bulbs have blue blooms, or cultivars with blue blooms. Irises, hyacinths, Amaryllis, and bluebells are some examples of blue bulbs. It is also sometimes possible to find bluish-violet tulips, although truly blue tulips have yet to be bred. Some examples of annuals with blue flowers include: petunias, lobelias, Ageratum, Bachelor Buttons, Nigella, larkspur, blue-fringed daisies, cornflowers, lupins, Evolvulus, and Blue P
