Campanula
Blue flowers
Verbena
Blue Flowered Torch (Tillandsia lindenii)
Cinararea 'Sitter's Hybrid Mix'
This plant really is this intense...we couldn't believe it. I think this beats any blue flower I have seen to-date.
Sensational - they couldn't be more blue if they'd been painted!!!!!
Blue, planter box in SF's Pacific Heights, 1997, Browallia and Dusty Miller.
Thunbergia
Paris, 1992, Forget me nots, and Angelique tulips.
Jap. roof iris
This winters crop of delphiniums
SE native Lupinus diffusus
opps, not perennial
Blue foliage OK?
These are Mr. Fokker anenomes.
And this is Wishbone Flower growing in an old birdbath.
And my common sage.
Willmetge; What an incredible blue. I absolutely NEED that plant in my garden. I looked up cinararea in plant files and came up empty. Should I research another name. I am a new gardner so please excuse me if my question(s) are clumsey. But I must have that plant!! Can you tell me where and what to order?? Thank you.
It's Cineraria, Daiseycat. Plant Files has nothing, but here are some Google images:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=cineraria&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
Beautiful blues, Willmetge. Do you know the name of the Verbena? It's really striking. And I love that big swath of flax.
Yes, blue foliage is okay, Dale, and so is "not perennial," so no "oops" necessary.
Thank you Zuzu. Not perennial darn, darn, darn. Will have to live without. :(
There are Cineraria in plantfiles, not sure but the extreme blue ones I see are usually Pericallis hybrids, with Cineraria being a synonym? Maybe it's an older name for the genus or plants have been re-classified, I don't know. I have to agree with willmetge, they're the bluest flowers I've ever seen, maybe the bluest thing period! Or possibly Delphiniums...
http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=cineraria&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search
Daiseycat, here's one that's more likely to be a perennial than the florist cinerarias. At any rate, these reseed like crazy, so they might as well be perennials. I hope this link works.
http://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/s/senecio_stellata_gs.htm
Diane, I love the look of that birdbath/planter.
Zuzu; You just brightened up my "blue" day. Thanks again. Have a great day.
The verbena was mislabeled as 'Burgandy.' So I'm not sure the variety. I'm growing Verbena 'Blue Lagoon' from Thompson & Morgan (http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/us/en/product/8747/1) to hopefully get the same blue this year. They claim it is the best true blue that they've grown in their trials. Verbena is an annual here, but I posted it anyway because I know it is perennial for many. I did not realize that the Cineraria was an annual. That one was grown by our local botanical garden.
Some of them are considered 'tender perennials'.
Hey, please look at my first post in this thread, where I say I'm going to cheat by including bulbs and annuals. If I can do it, so can everyone else. I even included a photo of my blue-eyed cat in the garden in my blue thread two years ago.
Haha...I figured I was cheating 'cuz my picture's from an indoor conservatory... There's a thread in the Bulbs forum about a rumored new blue daffodil, of all things.
willmetge - your plant was mislabeled in two ways if they called it "Burgandy", too!
Here are some Japanese irises:
Crested Surf
Crown Imperial
Hydrangea (no identification).
I will definitely want that daffodil, Claypa.
Pirlie, I love those Irises and the Hydrangea.
I saw two blue geraniums (pelargonium) at http://plants.thompson-morgan.com/uk/product/4192/1 but, I always suspect that it is trick photography using a color filter. They only ship plant to the UK.
pirl, those are absolutely perfect flowers.
Thanks, Zuzu and Diane. I love them, too.
Russian Sage and friends.
oh pirl, i love that!
Oh, Pirl. That's a great combination.
Here's a dark blue Columbine:
And a light-blue Columbine.
And Clematis Multiblue:
Here are a few of mine (mostly from last season)
Salvia azurea:
Salvia sinaloensis:
