Any type of plant with blue flowers is always worth a closer look because the color blue is not always easy to find in any garden. Blue is a relatively rare colour in nature. This post is about the blue flowers in our garden that bloomed this spring.

Lungwort with its lung-like leaves, a kind of heart-shaped leaves are slightly hairy on the upper side and marked by several white or pale spots. Any plant whose name refers to a body part, it mostly resembles a human organ and was believed that the plant can be used to treat diseases on that organ. This is the case with the common lungwort, which modern science proved to be a mere myth.

In spring, the little blue flowers appear on elongated stems . Each inflorescence has 5 to 15 flowers with five petals. The flowers start red and as they age, they change color to purple and finally blue. This change in colour occurs because the pigments are affected by pH, being red in acidic environments and blue in alkaline ones.

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ has hairy heart-shaped frosty silver leaves and sprays of blue flowers in spring.  

Bugloss comes from Greek meaning Ox Tongue with reference to the roughness and shape of the leaves.

The leaves are intricately detailed with narrow green veins.

Clematis native to China and Japan, the name Clematis comes from the Greek word klematis, meaning vine, is known as the queen of climbers.

Large double purple-blue flowers adorn our garden in late spring. With the summer setting in, white, pink, red, and purple clematis bloom. The silver center of the petals expands as the flowers open.

Petunias are from the tomato, potato and tobacco plant family. The name comes from South American word Petun, which is another name for Tobacco. Back in the old days it was a huge insult to gift Petunia’s as it was believed that they carried the message – I don’t like you.

Blue is my faourite colour.