There's nothing finer than a large Agapanthus in full flower at the height of summer, creating an eruption of brilliant blue. It's the perfect plant for an ornate container and with a little care will last a lifetime. Even before the 1m flower stems appear the bright green strap life leaves are a lovely sight and heighten the expectation of the blooms to come from mid summer. Agapanthus do best when their roots are restricted so don't be tempted to pot into too large a container - just a little wider than the nursery pot they arrive in will be fine. Place in a sunny spot and enjoy this African native in your garden over summer!
There's nothing finer than a large Agapanthus in full flower at the height of summer, creating an eruption of brilliant blue. Its the perfect plant for an ornate container and with a little care will last a lifetime. Even before the 1m flower stems appear the bright green strap life leaves are a lovely sight and heighten the expectation of the blooms to come from mid summer. Unlike smaller specimens which can take a year or two to flower, these fully mature specimens are will give a good display this summer. Agapanthus do best when their roots are restricted so don't be tempted to pot into too large a container - just a little wider than the nursery pot they arrive in will be fine. Place in a sunny spot and enjoy this African native in your garden over summer!
Himalayan Blue Poppies will produce striking bright blue, poppy-like flowers in early summer each year, each one with a gorgeous contrasting golden centre. These little beauties will add stunning impact and a definite wow factor to your flower beds and borders this summer! As they are perennial plants they will die back in autumn and come back each year with bigger better displays for many years. Highly unusual and still very rare, you're unlikely to find them in garden centres, so grab your chance to get something your friends won't have at a great price! Awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit for their all-round garden performance.
This beautiful and unusual perennial has so much to offer and is perfect for adding some unusual colour and texture to your floral displays. Rising from the bluey-green and bronzed foliage, 'Porcelain Blue' will produce tall, slender stems of aqua blue flowers. In bloom from May to June, this fabulous perennial will treat your garden to a second flowering around September time. They look great in modern pots and planters yet blend effortlessly into mixed perennial borders and more traditional plantings. The neat and compact form makes it perfect for growing at the front of beds and borders, as naturally neat edging or covering the empty spaces underneath other plants. Originally a woodland plant, it looks gorgeous dotted through a group of trees too. Very hardy and robust, it will re-appear the following Spring bigger and better. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to pot on or plant out.
Exotic and unusual - this tropical climber makes an eye-catching conservatory plant! Large blue flowers with white throats appear among the lush green foliage in summer.
This fabulous summer perennial provides a stunning blue accent to planting schemes, flowering on tall, upright stems throughout the summer months. Later, attractive seedheads form, prolonging the season of interest right into autumn.
This contrasting and vibrant mixture of red, white and blue cornflowers provides a bold and long-lasting display to the garden. Traditional and reliable, display these pretty, pollinator-friendly plants in wildflower areas, borders and patio pots, planted in groups or informally dotted around.
A compact, perennial scabious producing masses of lilac-blue blooms throughout the summer, above neat cushions of green foliage. These charming pincushion flowers are highly attractive to bees and butterflies and their slender wiry stems can also be cut for a posy or small vase indoors. Scabious 'Blue Jeans' makes a fabulous addition to the front of cottage garden borders, where it blends well with any colour scheme.
This small, low-growing shrub makes an excellent container plant, as its star-like bright blue flowers keep on coming for weeks and weeks from late spring right through the summer months. Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue' is also a fine performer in the rockery with evergreen leaves providing ground cover all year. Also known as Purple Gromwell, it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is easy to grow in sun or shade. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 60cm (24).
Delphinium ?Summer Blues? is a charming dwarf variety forming a pleasing, well branched plant. The sky blue flowers appear above a bushy clump of finely cut foliage that gives a delicate lacy appearance.