Friday, April 15, 2011

AM I BLUE BONUS


Lily-of-the-Nile
Agapanthus hybrid
Bulb

Blue potato bush
Solanum rantonetti 
Perennial









        

            As promised, a bonus post of photos of my favorite blues, in no particular order. (I included some of the lavender-blues and the violet blues, too.) Click on the pictures to make them larger, okay?



Lithodora 'Grace Ward'
Perennial
 
Ipheion uniflorum 'Jessie'
Star flower
Bulb













'Blue Pacific' juniper (prostrate shrub)
& Dianthus gratianopolitanus
'Baths Pink'
Perennial groundcover

False indigo
Baptisia minor
Perennial















Globe thistle
Echinops ritro
Perennial

'Elijah Blue' fescue
Festuca glauca
Ornamental grass

Golden Dew Drop
Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers'
Tender perennial
Glory vine
Thunbergia grandiflora
Tender perennial vine



Southern monkshood
Aconitum carmichaelii
Perennial
               
Brown's yew two-toned berries
Podocarpus macrophylla 'Maki'
Shrub

Sea holly
Eryngium planum
Perennial
 The pictures are starting to do weird things. It's like the machine has a mind of its own, which is a little scary to one who grew up with Rod Serling. Think I'll just let them place themselves. Wish me luck.

Blue butterfly vine
Clitoria ternata
Annual vine
 

Bluebeard
Caryopteris clandonensis 'Blue Mist'
Shrub



Cape plumbago
Plumbago auriculata
Perennial







           

             Since things seem to go a bit more smoothly when there's text, I'll natter on here before trying to insert some of the last 11 photos.
             What? I told you I love blue flowers.



Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
Perennial
 
Japanese roof iris
Iris tectorum
Perennial








Stokes aster
Stokesia laevis 'Blue Danube'
Perennial







Bellflower
Campanula sp. (but I don't remember which one)
Perennial







Siberian iris
Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother'
Perennial




Grape hyacinth & catmint
Muscari armeniacum &
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walkers Low'
Bulb & Perennial












Dutch iris
Iris hollandia
Bulb




          Well, it's time for another little paragraph. How 'bout those Mets, huh?
Only three more pix to go, so I'll say so long here. Don't expect too many of these mainly-pictures posts: they're a major pain in my Luddite ass. Thanks for dropping by anyway.

Peruvian scilla
Scilla peruviana
Bulb








Spanish bluebells
Hyacinthiodes hispanica 'Excelsior'
Bulb





Delphinium hybrid
Delphinium 'Dark Bee'
Perennial where the summers aren't too hot
(like at my house)