Adding A Blue Tropical Flower To Your Garden
Adding a Blue Tropical Flower to your yard can be a wonderful way to add color to your garden. .
Flowers come in every shade of blue and purple that can be planted to enhance your garden. Blue flowers go with all other colored flowers so spread them around in your garden for an interesting effect.
When planting your Blue Tropical Flower be sure to get instructions for the care and maintenance of the plant. Buying plants that thrive in the conditions in which you intend to grow them will give you a much fuller and easier to care for garden. A plant that needs full sun will not grow to your expectations if it is planted in the shade.
During the growing season, be sure to fertilize and water your Blue Tropical Flower according to the directions that came with the flower which will help it grow to a full and healthy plant. Don’t forget to pinch off any dead flowers as this will make the plant grow fuller.
Other things to think about when planting your Blue Tropical Flower plant include:
Blooming Season – plant flowers in your garden with staggered blooming season so that you have continuous blooms all year long.
Size – make sure you plant the taller plants in the back so they don’t obscure the view of the shorter growing flowers.
Here’s a list of some popular blue and purple flowers:
Ajuga - Bronze Beauty - This short bushy cover has spikes of blue flowers and quickly carpets an area and also does well in raised boxes. Blooming in spring, this plant likes to grow in to be out of the 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.
Penstemon, Blue Buckle - Tubular shaped blooms in blue to purple from mid summer to early fall. Plant grows 12” to 15” and prefers well drained soil with either full or partial sun.
Cascade, Purple Rockcress - This ground cover grows 3 to 6” tall and is perfect for growing between rocks and in crevices. Deep blue flowers bloom in early to mid spring. Plant in moderate soil in the full sun or partial shade.
Bachelors Button - This has bright blue thistle like blossoms and will grow to 24". It shows its blooms in late summer to early fall - cut down after first bloom for another bloom later in the season. Plant in the full sunlight.
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Also:
Blue Passion Flower
Blue Lotus Flower
Blue Bell Flower
Blue Hydrangea Flower
Pink and Blue Flower
Red White and Blue Flower
Blue Iris Flower
Blue Rose Flower
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