Echinops ritro
The spiky leaves and bristly metallic blue flowers of this plant make it a great architectural plant for the back of a summer border. The spiny, cobwebbed leaves provide interest from spring until the blooms appear in late summer. It associates ... [... more]
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Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'
Ajuga is a mat-forming plant related to the wild bugle. The rosette-like foliage is robust, evergreen and deep purple in colour, and makes a good background to the upright spikes of blue flowers, produced in spring. Bugle is very versatile, ... [... more]
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Liriope muscari 'Silver Ribbon'
Liriope is an unusual evergreen with neat, low, grassy foliage that blooms throughout autumn. It produces blue flowers like small upturned bunches of grapes. It can be left undisturbed for many years to form low-maintenance ground cover in beds ... [... more]
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Agapanthus umbellatus 'Ovatus'
African blue lilies add a touch of the exotic to the summer garden with their stunning blue flowers, held above strappy foliage. 'Ovatus' produces delightful open bell-shaped, rich blue blooms in mid- to late summer. Grow in moist but ... [... more]
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Pulmonaria 'Lewis Palmer'
Lungworts are valuable plants, not only for their pink or blue flowers, but also for their foliage. This variety has clusters of nodding flowers that open pink before turning bright blue, and spotted dark green leaves. It looks good with other ... [... more]
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Anagallis 'Skylover'
Find out how to grow Anagallis 'Skylover' Cultivar: 'Skylover' 'Skylover' is covered with striking gentian blue flowers with purple eyes all summer long. It makes a prostrate plant that is ideal for hanging baskets, patio containers and ... [... more]
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Iris unguicularis 'Walter Butt'
Sometimes known as the Algerian or winter-flowering iris, this is the perfect plant for hot dry impoverished soil . The long, tapering, blue flower buds appear throughout winter and early spring on short stalks from the base of the plants ... [... more]
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