Bees love the Colour Blue
Designing a Garden theme of blue can be both ideal for both your Family and Also helping the bees
One of the perennial powerhouses of the plant world, catmint is extremely versatile and easy to grow. This is why you see many tidy town groups and landscapers using this in mass planting areas. This plant will reward you with a very long flowering season and requires little to no care. The Catmints (Nepeta) are some of our best garden perennials, as they are long lived, very easy-to-grow, resistant to browsing animals (deer and rabbits), and they feature a profusion of color in various shades of blue. And yes, as the name suggests, cats often find them irresistible. They grow well in a wide range of soil types, including dry clay. They perform well with at least a half day of sun, but flower best in full sun. Ideal for pollinators, especially honeybees, catmints are an excellent source of nectar. So easy to grow that They are a great beginner's perennial plant. Nepeta Mussinii is a great variety. I use it mainly as a low growing ground cover that has an attractive silver foliage with beautiful lavender blooms.
What Garden bed is complete with out Lavender, Especially the hardy old fashioned English Lavender, The Hidcote , Lavender Hidcote is a compact English Lavender that grows only 18-20 inches tall. With highly fragrant, deep purple-blue flowers this Lavender is excellent for both fresh and dried bouquets. When planting Lavender, ensure you have lots of potting Grit around its roots.
Most people will recognise this plant for it's ability to hug rocks and ditches to produce an abundance of flowers all summer.
Lithodora
A Blue themed garden bed can create a cool soothing effect in your garden. Adding a splash of silver or white though this bed or container can the blue in the flower pop right out.
Also did you know that Bees have favourite Colours and Blue is one of the best. Bees can see and therefore attracted to blue and Violet Flowers
Here are a few of Our Favourite blue flowering Plants that will come back year after year
Geranium Johnson Blue
One of the most popular blue-flowered geraniums, 'Johnson's Blue' forms dense, spreading mounds of neatly cut leaves, topped with abundant clusters of large, saucer shaped sky Blue Flowers. Geraniums are versatile perennials that flower for several months through early summer and are at their best in July. One outstanding cultivar is Johnson Blue easy to grow with gives masses of mauve flowers which emerge through the vigorous and lush foliage.
It looks at its best grown among shrubs and taller perennials where its lax habit can be used to full advantage. Best planted in groups of 3, 5, 7 or more. Not much interferes with this Geranium, so it is generally trouble free as regards pests and disease!
It looks at its best grown among shrubs and taller perennials where its lax habit can be used to full advantage. Best planted in groups of 3, 5, 7 or more. Not much interferes with this Geranium, so it is generally trouble free as regards pests and disease!
Nepeta Catmint:
One of the perennial powerhouses of the plant world, catmint is extremely versatile and easy to grow. This is why you see many tidy town groups and landscapers using this in mass planting areas. This plant will reward you with a very long flowering season and requires little to no care. The Catmints (Nepeta) are some of our best garden perennials, as they are long lived, very easy-to-grow, resistant to browsing animals (deer and rabbits), and they feature a profusion of color in various shades of blue. And yes, as the name suggests, cats often find them irresistible. They grow well in a wide range of soil types, including dry clay. They perform well with at least a half day of sun, but flower best in full sun. Ideal for pollinators, especially honeybees, catmints are an excellent source of nectar. So easy to grow that They are a great beginner's perennial plant. Nepeta Mussinii is a great variety. I use it mainly as a low growing ground cover that has an attractive silver foliage with beautiful lavender blooms.
Wonderful Lavender Hidcote
What Garden bed is complete with out Lavender, Especially the hardy old fashioned English Lavender, The Hidcote , Lavender Hidcote is a compact English Lavender that grows only 18-20 inches tall. With highly fragrant, deep purple-blue flowers this Lavender is excellent for both fresh and dried bouquets. When planting Lavender, ensure you have lots of potting Grit around its roots.
Campanula
Most people will recognise this plant for it's ability to hug rocks and ditches to produce an abundance of flowers all summer.
The Wonderful Campanula Mrs Rosholt is that beautiful blue flower that grows on walls and rockeries.
Campanula loves well drained soil, so add lots of grit if you are planting in the ground or in pots. If planting into stones walls, just use some wet soil mixed with Westland slow-release fertilizer. Campanula can be evergreen in dry conditions, but in damper soils will lose its foliage for winter
Campanula loves well drained soil, so add lots of grit if you are planting in the ground or in pots. If planting into stones walls, just use some wet soil mixed with Westland slow-release fertilizer. Campanula can be evergreen in dry conditions, but in damper soils will lose its foliage for winter
Lithodora
Varieties Heavenly Blue , Blue star
This is one of the best Blue Flower ground covers available and is well know for its vibrant colour and good ground cover spread.This award winning plant which is evergreen and flowers from April to September will brighten up any rockery or container. It thrives in full sun and but will take partial sun. Lithodora will cascade over a rock wall on down a side of a raised bed. The bees also love this
Scilla 'Caribbean Jewels Sapphire Blue' is a real beauty at this time of the year. Striking deep-blue conical-shaped flowers atop slender deep green foliage make a beautiful display in perennial beds, flowering bulb borders or as a potted gift plant. It Has a long flowering season and will be back year after year if planted in a well drained sunny position. This Plant will bring a wow to your Patio
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