Hopefully you already know that native plants can play a vital role in your yard’s ecosystem. You may be thinking of a host of colors – but have you made room for native blue flowers yet?

Blue flowers can be particularly prized in summer, where their cool nature contrasts with summer heat (if we are lucky).

But as the years have passed, I've found more and more that our beautiful native plants do fit in, and I now have a list of much-loved natives. New Zealand natives tend to have striking foliage ...

University of Waikato and Lincoln University provide funding as members of The Conversation NZ. University of Waikato ... increasing appreciation of native plants, though they still struggled ...

Clematis crispa, another mostly Southeastern species, makes blue-and-white flowers that resemble small bells. Similarly shaped, red-flowered C. texensis is a Texas native. Can a man with so many ...

San Diego has a new city flower for the first time in 61 years. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with blue-eyed grass, a native flower that can be ...