{"id":1829,"date":"2024-02-02T12:53:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2024-02-07T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T09:30:27","slug":"your-favourite-blue-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/your-favourite-blue-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonking Good Blue Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/your-favourite-blue-flowers\/attachment\/delphinium-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1830\" title=\"delphinium\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/delphinium.jpg\" alt=\"delphinium\" width=\"306\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/delphinium.jpg 306w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/delphinium-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>True blue flowers are hard to find<\/strong> in many gardens although Purple, Lavender, Lilac, Mauve and Violet exist in many shades. Since there are no true blue Roses, Peonies, Dahlias, Daffodils or even Tulips these showy flowers are out. So if you find a good strong blue then stick to it and use it with great abandon.<\/p>\n<p>This<strong> Delphinium<\/strong> was in our garden 20 years ago when we arrived and it has given great service. Unlike my spade that has had 2 new blades and 6 new handles the Delphinium is the original stock. Give or take an occassional cutting it is as new each summer with its tall spires of the strongest, clearest blue you could desire.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4629272374\/in\/photolist-9CCAok-845eoW\/player\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Good blue plants<\/strong> include Ceanothus impressus, Corydalis flexuosa and the Gentians. In bulbs there are blue Muscari, Chionodoxa\u00c2\u00a0 and the Agapanthus. Hydrangea macrophylla <em>Blue Wave<\/em> is one of the bluer hydrangea but most plants labeled or called blue are pale imitations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4540964299\/in\/photolist-9w8rQS-8aS1kk-7VgCtV-82ikZk-6TYFCX\/player\/\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If your favouirite plant is missing from this list<strong> let me know<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7471487534\/in\/photolist-8db8fZ-cnTqiA-coejWA-6SNkBA-8aS1eR-8aS1az\/player\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Light blue variety of Ceanouthus. There are some good dark blue varieties.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gentians by jarikir, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jarikir\/499902309\/\">G<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/217\/499902309_0239a6c04e.jpg\" alt=\"Gentians\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gentiana The dark blue to indigo flowering Gentian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True blue flowers are hard to find in many gardens although Purple, Lavender, Lilac, Mauve and Violet exist in many shades. Since there are no true blue Roses, Peonies, Dahlias, Daffodils or even Tulips these showy flowers are out. So if you find a good strong blue then stick to it and use it with great abandon. This Delphinium was in our garden 20 years ago when we arrived and it has given great service. Unlike my spade that has&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/your-favourite-blue-flowers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21376,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/21376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}