Blue Flax (Linum perenne) - Slender fern-like stalks rise from compact mounds bearing loads of sky blue flowers. A prolific self-seeder in an un-mulched bed, but it is easy to weed out unwanted plants ...

Since trees and shrubs can live for hundreds of years, identifying these blue rings allows us to spot cold summers in the past. By looking at pine trees and juniper shrubs from northern Norway ...

A bushy, evergreen shrub to 3m in height, with glossy, finely toothed, bright green leaves to 5cm long. Large, lateral panicles of sky-blue flowers to 8cm long, appear from late summer to autumn ...

A dense, mound-forming deciduous shrub to 1.2m, with slightly toothed, grey-green leaves to 5cm long. In late summer and autumn it bears small, blue flowers in clusters along the stems. A good plant ...

Phlox are classic mid-border cottage garden plants, which flower between July and October. Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise' has domed clusters of double, mauve-purple, scented flowers on erect ...

Selecting trees and shrubs for your landscape Blue beech has smooth bluish-gray bark that provides multiple seasons of interest. The fluted “muscle-like” wood on the branches and trunk is a striking ...