Blue Summer Flowers

It often seems that a selection of flowers of a certain color burst into bloom all at once. A few weeks ago, I was noticing everything orange — including lantana, marigolds, `Stella d’Oro...

Blue Flowers for a Cool Summer

The flowers you planted in spring may have all but disappeared now. If so, you might be wondering if there is something you could plant that would flower despite summer’s heat and bloom straigh...

True Blue Flowers Rarely Seen

Q: I have heard that blue is the rarest color among flowers. Nevertheless, I am determined to plant a garden of nothing but blue-flowered plants. I have already planted lobelia, plumbago and delphini...

Cool Blue Blooms of Fall

And so, in the end, it has been left to the cool blue blooms of November to finally grant us a reprieve from the die-hard summer of ’96. Until a few days ago, it seemed that this summer, regard...