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7 Flowers to Paint Your Garden Blue

Bring a touch of the sky and sea to your yard with these blue flowers

Nena Farrell
1 /7 Photo courtesy of Proven Winners

'Baby Blue' forget-me-not

Myosotis sylvatica

Must-haves for lightly shaded woodland gardens, these much-loved plants bear tiny but exquisite blue flowers in spring in mild climates.

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Chef’s Choice rosemary

Rosemary officinalis PP18192

This rosemary stands out for its higher oil content and spicy flavor. With a compact, mounding habit, this is a great choice for container, herb, and kitchen gardens.

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‘Black and Bloom’ salvia

Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Bloom' PPAF

An earlier blooming salvia, this is a great option for the mid to back of borders, blooming heavily until frost.

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Sea holly

Eryngium amethystinum

The sea holly has amethyst flower heads, surrounded by 2-inch silvery-blue bracts open atop tall stems in summer, emerging from a rosette of spiny, medium green leaves. The blooms make for a great addition to bouquets.

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'Celestial Blue' salvia

Salvia x ‘Celestial Blue’

An evergreen shrub with lavender-blue flowers in early summer and gray-green leaves.

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'Margarita BOP' penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus x 'Margarita BOP'

These deep blue beauties have purple throats.

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Catmint

Nepeta x faassenii

These plants are valuable for their spikes of two-lipped blue or blue-violet flowers.