Adding A Blue Hydrangea Flower To Your Yard
Adding the Blue Hydrangea Flower to your garden can be a wonderful way to add some calming color to your yard. .
You can buy blue and blue purple perennials and annuals to enhance your garden design Planted alone or with other colored flowers, the plants look great!
When planting your Blue Hydrangea Flower be sure to get instructions for the care and maintenance of the plant. While many flowers thrive in full sun, some prefer the shade so it is important to plant the flowers where they will grow best. A plant that needs full sun will not grow to your expectations if it is planted in the shade.
Be sure you water and fertilize your Blue Hydrangea Flower according to the instructions for the plant which will help the plant grow full and healthy. Don’t forget to pinch off any dead flowers as this will make the plant grow fuller.
Some other things to consider when planting your Blue Hydrangea Flower plant include:
Flowering Times – try to plant flowers that bloom at different times near each other. This way, you’ll have continuous blooms in your garden all year.
Size – arrange your garden so that taller plants are in the back and shorter ones in the front.
Consider planting these other blue and purple flowers:
Aster – Wonder Of Staffa - Lavender blue daisy like flowers with yellow orange centers which bloom from the middle of summer until fall. It grows 18 to 24” and like to be planted in the full sun with well drained soil.
Catmint - Walkers - This blue flowering perennial shows deep lavender blue flowers on long spikes. It graces us by blooming from June to September and grows to about 10" tall. It does best in a fully sunny spot but can withstand some afternoon shade. Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and bees.
Hydrangea, Nikko Blue - Gigantic clumps of blue flowers burst from this plant all summer. An ornamental shrub, this can grow as large as you will let it. Flower clumps turn a golden color in the fall and are a favorite for dried flower arrangements. Prefers well drained humus rich soil and will grow in full shade, partial shade or full sun.
Vinca - Medium blue flowers with glossy green leaves that forms a carpet or border. Grows about 6” tall and blooms in mid spring. Will grow in most soil conditions and in shade or sun.
Campanula, Blue Carpet - Flowers in bright blue to lilac bloom for weeks in the middle of summer. A low growing perennial, this grows to 2 – 4” and prefers full sun and a well drained soil.
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