Blue flowering perennials can really add to the visual appeal of your garden. If you feel the place is lacking that feeling of tranquility and pop of color that flowers are supposed to offer, blue perennials might be what’s missing.
In this article, we’ll go over a list of easy-to-grow blue flowering perennials that can make for a stunning garden. Let’s jump straight into it!
15 Easy-To-Grow Blue Flowering Perennials For A Stunning Garden
15 – Blue Starflowers
Starflowers bloom in clusters of tiny, star-shaped flowers. Although they can come in different color shades like white or pink, most starflowers predominantly bloom in blue.
14 – Salvias
Salvias offer sharp spiky blooms with very aromatic foliage. The sky-blue flowers are perfect for adding a sense of calm and serenity to the garden.
13 – Brunneras
These tiny heart-shaped flowers bloom in a vibrant blue shade and offer uniquely attractive foliage that can have a positive impact on the overall vibe of your garden.
12 – Borages
Bright blue borages are perfect for attracting pollinators to the garden. Surprisingly, the leaves, flowers, and stalks of a borage plant are all edible.
11 – Germanders
The germander is more of a shrub than a plant. It’s compact, dense, and offers tiny blue flowers that are perfect for giving your garden a fuller, more appealing look.
10 – Lupines
Lupine flowers are tall and spiky. They bloom in dense clusters of blue and are perfect for adding vertical interest to the garden beds.
9 – Lungworts (Pulmonaria officinalis)
Lungworts bloom clusters of tiny sky-blue flowers and offer thick, attractive foliage that’s often spotted, giving it a very unique look.
8 – Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
The Jacob’s Ladder plant blooms delicate blue and violet flowers that are incredibly soft to the touch. It offers sharp, fern-like foliage and holds great spiritual significance as well.
7 – Sage
Sage blooms will not only bring a sense of peace and harmony to the garden but the plant also has natural insect-repellent properties, meaning it can provide protection to other plants in a close enough radius.
6 – Columbines
Columbines are excellent for attracting pollinators to the garden. They have very distinct five-petaled flowers as well as fern-like foliage that really helps to bring out their dazzling blue color.
5 – Plumbago (Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides)
This is getting hard… Blue flowers are getting scarce, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve!
Plumbago is one of my favorite flowers to see, they look really pretty when they bloom. If you’re looking for a blue flower that stands out, you can and should choose Plumbago!
4 – Caryopteris (Caryopteris x clandonensis)
Do you know Caryopteris? It’s a flower that you don’t see very often, but it’s very beautiful! It’s a flower that I love and that one day I have to plant here at home, because it’s simply wonderful!
3 – Campanulas
Campanulas come in both tall and dwarf varieties. They bloom purplish-blue, bell-shaped flowers that spread and thrive in small crevices in the garden.
2 – Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia)
The Himalayan Blue Poppy deserves second place on our list (or even first place) because it is an extraordinary flower! It is truly BEAUTIFUL! It has shades of light blue and has a bit of orange in the center. It is a spectacular flower!
1 – Borage (Borago officinalis)
I put the Borage flower first because it is beautiful, but also because it is easier to find. It is a flower that you will be able to buy easily and it is also a flower that is very resistant.
Final Words
So, there you have it – 15 blue flowering perennials that are easy to grow and will light up your garden.
Using specific colors in the garden and planting according to what will complement or contrast other plants well is a tough skill to develop.
Blue perennials come in hundreds of different forms, shades, and textures. Experiment with what you like and mix and match flowers for the perfect garden.