Siberian Bellflower. Photo by Louise Peacock

Blue de Blue

Louise Peacock
SNAPSHOTS
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3 min readJul 7, 2019

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For some reason, Blue seems to be the hardest colour to find in flowers. Our garden has a few blue flowers and I treasure them. Here are a few of them.

Siberian Bellflower (above) is a heavy flowering midget that adapts well to growing against a rock or along a fence.

A stand of Clustered Bellflowers. Photo by Louise Peacock
Clustered Bellflower close. Photo by Louise Peacock

Clustered Bellflowers come out in late June and are definitely one of my top picks for a blue flower.

Peach Leafed Campenula. Photo by Louise Peacock.

The Peach Leafed Campanula comes both in blue and White. I have both but prefer the blue. It begins to flower mid-June.

Ajuga. Photo By Louise Peacock

Ajuga is more of a groundcover plant, but in the late Spring, it produces masses of short blue spikes.

Brunnera flowers. Photo by Louise Peacock
On the left, the green leafed version of Brunnera, and on the right the more shwy, variagated version. Photo by Louise Peacock

Brunnera is an attractive plant that has lovely heart-shaped leaves, which can be solid green or have pretty silver-white patterns in them. It produces striking blue flowers which are similar to Forget-Me-Not flowers.

Mertensia virginica or Virginia Bluebells along with Forget-me-nots. Photos by Louise Peacock

In the late Spring, one of my clients has a garden full of the Virginia Bluebells. They look lovely and they tend to be somewhat invasive, so as soon as they stop flowering, she wants me to pull them out.

Mertensia virginica — photo by Louise Peacock

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Louise Peacock
SNAPSHOTS

Louise Peacock is a writer, garden designer, Reiki practitioner, singer-songwriter & animal activist. Favorite insult “Eat cake & choke” On Medium since 2016.