Blooming Tranquility in the Yard with 11 Attractive Annual Flowers of Blue Hue
Gardening enthusiasts can add a touch of beauty and colour to their outdoor spaces while supporting pollinators by incorporating these blue annual and perennial flowers into their garden designs.
The bush violet, a charming plant, thrives in full sun with afternoon shade and rich, moist, well-drained soil. It forms a bushy mound that can reach heights of eight inches to two feet, adorned with flowers in shades of blue with white centres. The ovate leaves complement the summer flowers, making this plant a favourite among gardeners and pollinators alike, particularly hummingbirds.
The floss flower, another attractive option, appreciates rich, moist soil with good drainage in full sun. It forms six-inch to foot-tall mounds of ovate to deltoid foliage and blooms all season long. The fluffy, aster-like flowers bloom in clusters and retain their colour for a long time, making the taller varieties good cut flowers.
For those seeking a perennial shrub, bluebeard is an excellent choice. It produces dark blue blooms in late summer and is a great nectar source for pollinators.
Salvia, known for its vibrant blue-violet flowers, is another perennial option. It attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds and is compact, easy to care for, and drought tolerant.
Lobelia, an annual or perennial depending on the variety, offers intense blue-purple flowers with fine-textured foliage. It thrives in cool, moist soil and is highly attractive to pollinators.
Hummingbird Mint (Agastache) 'Blue Fortune', a perennial, has colorful blue flowers rich in nectar, making it an excellent choice for butterflies and hummingbirds.
Sweet Alyssum, an annual, while more commonly white, has purple varieties that are favourites of pollinators and bloom from early spring to frost.
These plants not only provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds but also add a striking blue colour to your garden, enhancing its visual appeal while supporting pollinators throughout the growing season.
Larkspur, a plant that prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun, with some afternoon shade in hot summers, produces spikes of white to blue flowers from midspring to midsummer, each with a single spur on the back. Deadheading encourages a second, late-season flush of blooms.
Cineraria, with its daisy-like blooms in a range of bright colours, including blue, and often a striking white ring around the center, blooms from winter to spring and is often grown as a house plant as well as an outdoor annual.
Lastly, Amazon blue, with its blue, two-petaled flowers that resemble snapdragons, blooms midsummer into fall and prefers full sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil. It will bloom almost year-round in zones 9-11 or when grown as a house plant.
By incorporating these beautiful blue annual and perennial flowers into your garden, you can create a vibrant and pollinator-friendly outdoor space that will delight you and the pollinators all season long.
- Incorporating the bush violet with its blue flowers and white centres, complemented by ovate leaves, enhances the beauty of any garden and attracts pollinators, particularly hummingbirds.
- The floss flower, with its long-lasting, aster-like blooms and height variability, serves as an attractive cut flower option in gardens while providing a preferred nectar source for various pollinators.
- Bluebeard, with its late summer blooms and dark blue petals, is an excellent perennial choice that supports pollinators and adds a striking element to any garden design.
- Salvia, a perennial plant known for its vibrant blue-violet flowers, draws butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds to the garden and requires minimal care.
- Lobelia, available as both an annual and a perennial, offers pollinators a persistent source of nectar and pollen with its blue-purple flowers and fine-textured foliage.
- By growing Amazon blue, a plant that prefers full sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil, gardeners can enjoy its snapdragon-like blue flowers and support pollinators throughout the summer months in suitable climates or indoor conditions in colder zones.
