What are your favourite blue flowers?

[Shinyandnew1]

I love blue flowers and am trying to squeeze some more into the garden this year! I have forget me nots, borage, salvia, Felicia, brunnera, Alkanet (I know it’s a thug, but I have a little patch of it as I love the flowers!).

Can anyone recommend me some more to try to find? The more blue (not purple!), the better!

I second especially anagallis - true cobalt blue flowers all summer, and generally lives through the winter. Easy to grow from seed, too.

Delphiniums and lupines.

Anemone blanda. My spring border was like a river of blue with huge islands of primroses.

Borage, cornflowers and scabiosa

Another vote for cornflowers

Blue sweet pea, anemones and ajuga is what I have been successful with but dream of a fully blue flowering garden! I'd have to start again with all of these ideas! Going all purple is easier and the bees love it but blue is just extra special!

im always baffled by descriptions of bluebells, lavender, wisteria, geraniums etc. as ‘blue’ as to my eyes they are all clearly purple!
I have a Plumbago auriculata in a container and it’s beautiful but not hardy. Survives the winter here in London in a sheltered spot but I bring it inside if the forecast’s below -1 overnight.
Also love my Ceanothus. If I had more space I’d grow Sollya heterophylla, Veronica Georgia Blue, cornflowers, flax…

Geranium Johnson’s blue.
And nigella, self seeds everywhere but somehow doesn’t intrude., foliage is so airy.

Thank you so much for all of the replies! I already had lithodora (love this blue) and Nigella (not in flower yet) as well as echinops, hydrangea and Festuca Glauca but have bought a blue lobelia and some Anchusa seeds. I like the sound of Cornflower and Angallas-can I buy those from anywhere as plants or do I need to grow from seed? I don’t seem to have much luck growing from seed!

Brilliant suggestions though-I really appreciate it!

Mr fokker anemones, although spring flowering.
Delphiniums for sure and blue poppies - need shade and can be very difficult to start.
Lupins,

Oh and my flax last year was beautiful

I have a stunning blue hibiscus and a blue lupin! Can’t wait for them to flower! I agree with @PlayerOneNotReady ceonothus are a real show stopper

I was just coming onto say Meconopsis then saw a previous post. So envious. I saw the most beautiful one at a nursery today, was so tempted, but why sentence such a lovely thing to slow death in my garden?

@Runningupthecurtains , what the hell is your secret? Those look gorgeous!

Delphiniums.
I once was a delphinium blue in an infant school assembly. We were reading the poem The Doctor and the Dormouse. They have been a favourite ever since.

I must confess that is a stock photo not my garden. They grew OK at the old place and seemed to thrive on neglect. I have just received three small plants which I will put in pots as anything that goes straight into the soil here seem to be eaten within minutes (I've lost pumpkins and sunflower with thick hairy stems when I thought they'd be big and tough enough to survive). I give things two tries here and if they don't survive I won't waste a third lot of money and I more on/return to the known survivers.

Agapanthus. Tall and elegant and strikingly beautiful

Can I ask where you ordered them from? How tiny are the plants when they arrive??

Corn flowers

I order from Sutton's and went for four jumbo plugs for £10.99 they arrived earlier this week and I put them straight into small pots which I stood in the raise veg planter. Photo attached with my filthy (I'm in the middle of potting on) hand shown for scale.

English bluebells (see the bluebells thread for why)
forget me nots
ceanothus
Canterbury bells
cornflowers
delphiniums

Ooh yes! I had meconopsis in a previous house too. I love them!

I have had no luck with meconopsis, they might last 2 years but no longer.

The BEST blue flower is forget me nots. I actually never planted mine, they just arrive as weeds and each year I let them go to seed and shake the seeds around when I finally get rid of them. Each year they are spectacular, and I love them so much. All the best things cost nothing.

Although I can't say that of my alkanet 😖

Nemesia?

Agapanthus

I love nicandra physolades ( prob not spelt like that) . Self seed every year and a beautiful colour