Author Topic: A favorite blue flower, and yours is____? (Read 12729 times)

GrannieAnnie · « **on:** July 13, 2009, 20:51:31 »

Balloon flowers with coneflowers.

landimad · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2009, 20:52:42 »

I would say my Hosta but I do not know its name wot a shame.

Flighty · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2009, 20:58:20 »

Cornflowers, especially against a background of biscuit coloured grasses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/164.shtml

Georgie · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2009, 21:07:47 »

Hard call, but I think it has to be Borage for me, closely followed by Salvia. :)

G x

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2009, 21:32:57 »

Quote from: landimad on July 13, 2009, 20:52:42

I would say my Hosta but I do not know its name wot a shame.

That means YOU get to name it, doesn't it??

hippydave · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2009, 21:41:22 »

borrage and morning glory heavenly blue :D

taurus · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2009, 21:52:52 »

Blue bells in the spring and the blue comfrey I have in the front garden.

Suzanne · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2009, 21:57:26 »

This alpine which i can't remember the name of - very delicate and flowers in spring.

angle shades · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2009, 22:07:03 »

:D borage and cornflowers/ shades x

small · « **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2009, 22:26:08 »

A really good blue hydrangea - I detour on my twice-daily journey at the moment to see one which is poking through a fence (the spondon side of the asda roundabout, for anyone in the derby area.)

Hosta · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2009, 22:33:06 »

Surprise, surprise - Mine is a Hosta - called HOSTA ENTERPRISE ;D

asbean · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2009, 22:43:15 »

Agapanthus

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saddad · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2009, 22:43:35 »

Morning Glory... heavenly blue... although the perennial flax runs it close :)

Toadspawn · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2009, 22:55:05 »

Chicory. The wild cornflower. Mecanopsis, mine flowered for the first time this year.

1066 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:03:06 »

This just reads like a list of my favourite flowers. And you want me to choose only 1 :o
I think, if I could get it to grow it would be morning glory but I adore cornflowers and the agapanthus in the garden this year is the best I've seen it (9 flowers - that's a record!). So maybe I should stick with the agapanthus ;)

1066

BarriedaleNick · « **Reply #15 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:22:45 »

Nigella! Not the domestic godess version..

daileg · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:25:37 »

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/155/4/5/The_blue_Flowers_by_kaborge.jpg

just pulled this of the net dont know what it is but is this a Lush flower or what ?

1066 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:38:25 »

great photo BarridaleNick !

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:55:48 »

Quote from: 1066 on July 14, 2009, 08:03:06

This just reads like a list of my favourite flowers. And you want me to choose only 1 :o
I think, if I could get it to grow it would be morning glory but I adore cornflowers and the agapanthus in the garden this year is the best I've seen it (9 flowers - that's a record!). So maybe I should stick with the agapanthus ;)

1066

Landimad, Toadspawn and 1066 all mentioned cornflowers. For some reason I can't ever get them growing, even with a purchased plant which barely bloomed and died. Yet the wild variety grows by the roadside here. What is your secret for keeping cornflowers happy?

Flighty · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:21:36 »

I did as well! I sow a packet every year on my wild flower patch, some in the autumn the rest in the spring.
Some years I get lots of flowers but others very few if any! Apart from deadheading I do nothing else.

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Author Topic: A favorite blue flower, and yours is____? (Read 12729 times)