There's something enchanting about blue blooms running through the landscape. In fact, it can be exciting to let a blue-flowering volunteer keep the space. After all, what could go wrong? Turns out, ...

Most gardeners have some favorite flower colors they gravitate towards. Some like pink, some like red, and others like white or yellow. Blue is often a favorite color, partly because it seems to be ...

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...

As forget-me-nots fade, my love for blue if fulfilled through other plants. And I am not talking about near-blue, almost-blue or soft violet. True blue is waving from several corners of the yard ...

In May, when my new, blue butterfly bush started to bloom, I realized it could be the focal point for a patriotic garden. It also was the season for patriotic sentiments with Memorial Day, Flag Day ...

There are certain woody plants whose seasonal bloom is so spectacular that it would be malpractice on my part not to make you aware of them. It is appropriate to mention these beauties when they are ...

Outside the blue of the sky and of the water of lakes, rivers, and oceans, nature does not offer much in the way of the color blue, especially in the world of plants and animals. Did you ever wonder ...

A blue-purple member of the Plectranthus genus grows out in nature. - Sky Sailom Sangdad/Shutterstock Butterflies are more than just sets of pretty patterned wings and an easy at-home science project ...

Instead of leaving your garden barren in winter, choose from these winter flowers that thrive in cold temperatures, from winter jasmine to snowdrops.

To invite more hummingbirds to your garden, consider planting these flowers as a dynamic duo. They both feed the birds and ...

Adrian Dyer receives funding from The Australian Research Council. At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in an answer of “blue”. Why is it that ...