If your annual flowers aren’t exploding with celebratory fireworks of color right now, it may be lack of fertilizer.

A bit of imperfection could be perfect for flowers creating a “blue halo” effect that bees can see. At least a dozen families of flowering plants, from hibiscuses to daisy relatives, have a ...

Roses are red, violets are blue. Except they’re not. They’re, er, violet. True blue flowers are exceedingly rare, and not for lack of effort. Plant breeders have repeatedly tried to nudge ...

Light: Full Sun Height: 6 to 12 inches Spread: 9 to 15 inches USDA Hardiness Zones: 10 and 11 Origin: Australia The Whirlwind Blue fan flower (Scaevola aemula ‘Whirlwind Blue’) is a resilie… ...

Until the breakthrough introduction of 'Blue Angel' in 2012, hardy hibiscus bloomed only in red, white and pink. More than a decade ago, Dariusz Malinowski, a plant physiologist with AgriLife in ...

More mauve than strictly blue, the flowers of the native Westringia ‘Blue Moon’ are attractive to bees. On the purple side of blue is the native climber hardenbergia.

Q: Why are more fruits and flowers red, orange or yellow than blue? —Robert L. Morrison | Poughkeepsie, New York There is actually no true blue pigment in nature. A pigment creates color by ...

The blue flowers also pair well with any plant that has silver or gray foliage, including lavender, lamb’s ears, dusty miller, artemisia, and salvia. Gardening with George Weigel.