Crazy For Blues.... Anywhere, Everwhere

Kiki over at 'Awake With Charm & Spirit' wrote
a posting on 'The Color Essence of Blue' which
was beautiful and extended an invitation to others
who are inspired by blue to join in.
Blue is a color that I dearly love not only in the
blues of flowers and decor in my garden but also
all throughout my home.
The siding on my home is even a light blue.
Inside my home blue is the main use in decor, from
the blue and white theme in my kitchen....







to the blue furniture and decor in my living room.
Dried blue hydrangea blooms...




Even the bathroom has a blue and yellow decor,
so yes, blue is a color I love.

In the garden I try to find blue flowers of every
kind to grow. Even in the choice of the seeds I
purchase I look for blue flowers.




Blue dwarf Morning Glory's are beautiful
while they last and shearing them back when
they slow down will bring them back for more
pretty blooms.



Shades of blue in petunia's run more to purples
I believe but for this winters sowing I have found seed
for a blue Celebrity petunia and blue alyssum.



Blue Browillia



Blue lobelia



Marine blue helitrope




And some of the perennials that are around in the
flower beds are this Clustered Bellflower.



Blue woolly Speedwell



Blue Hill Salvia is one of my favorites in the
sage family and I have it stuck in two or three beds.



It looks so pretty with the Crimson Bouquet roses.




Even Campunala bellflower Chettle Charm turns
blue on the edges with age.




Tall Phlox or Rockets



Blue Bird Delphinium or Larkspur



Even Jack Frost Brunnera has the prettiest little blue blooms
to start off the spring.



Blue creeping phlox cover the whole bank on the one
side of the garage.

Blue Chip Campanula



Hardy Geraniums which the name now has been
completely forgotten. Johnson??




The Nikko Blue Hydrangea that I had to go into
the archives to get a picture of.



While in the archives I found this picture of the dark
blue hyacinths that bloom in the spring.
I have more blue flowers than I thought.




The decor outdoors has a few touches of blue
added in by pots.



The containers I use to plant the flowers in,
and I will use about anything that holds soil,
are decorated in blue sometimes.
Even in the previous posting of the Amaryllis
that were just started were put in blue and white
flowers pots.



Even to the flags in the garden the blue comes into play.





Blue Birds are invited to the garden and their blue
houses.





Some of the blues that I planted this Fall to
bloom in the blue section of the woods bed are:

Eryngium Blue Sea Holly



An Oreo Iris



A Out of the Blue re-blooming Iris



Agastache Blue Fortune



And a Jacob's Ladder polemonium

Others that I have but have no pictures for that are
new are Mammouth Blue hosta, Columbine Aquilegia Alpina,
Campanula Blue Waterfalls, and Loddon Royalist Anchusa.

Would you say I am crazy for blue in the garden and out?

Happy Blue Gardening Everyone!

Blooming Now in August

With the blooms waning around the yard it is
starting to look pretty ragged around here. This
morning after a walk around in the yard many of
the blooms were gone from the pounding storms
we have had here in the hills. The only thing that
looked good was the Impatiens that I plant everywhere
to fill in the shady spots. Anemone Queen Charlotte
had her blooms on the ground but than goodness she
has many buds yet.







But even the shady gardens are getting sparse now with
the Brunnera's, Jacob's Ladder, Columbine's, and Bleeding
Hearts going dormant. I had to set little pots of Impatiens
to fill in the holes where they were.




The window boxes of geraniums and potato vines have
leaves that are now riddled from insects and many are
turning yellow. With only one hydrangea that bloomed out
of the seven, they were my greatest disappointment this summer.




The Nikko Hydrangea under the window box is twice as big now but not a bloom to be found. Last summer it had blooms all summer along with the Forever Pink Hydrangea.

The pansies have been cut out and the Shasta daisies and
coneflowers are on the last of their second and smaller blooms.






The tall Phlox and Yarrows have stopped their blooming
and need cut back along with the dried Astilbe blooms.






The Petunias are getting straggly looking and are
constantly being pinched off because of seed pods
sitting on them.



The small quantity of Monarda and Delphiniums
that I have are now almost spent.







Most of the roses are done blooming for the summer and
I am thinking I do not care much for August anymore.





But the Lantana is still blooming.



And Sweet Caroline Purple Potato vines are blooming.

Helitrope Marine is still putting on a show.



I always have my Geraniums.






And the one rose that I can depend on to bloom
until frost is the Crimson Bouquet. Some of her
last blooms will be dried because it has such a wonderful
fragrance and makes the best smelling potpourri to
set out in the winter.



The Chrysanthemum's are getting buds now and the
Deep Purple Osteospermum's are blooming up a storm.



Today is also Fertilizer Friday over at Tootsie's so do
not forget to go over and join in and "Flaunt your
Flowers' while they are still in bloom.

Also Send your thoughts and prayers up for Tootsie's
Dad.


Happy Gardening Everyone !