Shrubs With Blue Flowers Australia

The color blue is rare in nature and because of that blue flowering plants are very popular in gardens. It s easier to control ph levels in a pot so consider planting your hydrangeas in containers if you re partial to a particular color.

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Shrubs with blue flowers australia

Plumbago plants are sprawling shrubs with branches that resemble vines. Traditionally an emblem of peace and calm blue can bring some serenity to your backyard. Two additional bonuses are its deer resistance and once established these easy growing shrubs also tolerate drought.

The amount of blue ness varies from a saturated royal blue to sky blue to a more purple tinted lavender blue. Hydrangeas flower blue where soils are acidic. Better autumnal colouring will be achieved if planted in full sun.

One of the few true blue flowers hydrangeas can change color based on the ph level of their soil. Phlox bifida top notch. Note in areas in western australia and perth this plant has become a weed species outcompeting the local native vegetation communities so not recommended there.

But as with blue butterfly bushes names can be deceiving so do your homework before buying. Perfect as ground cover the swan river daisy brachyscome iberidifolia is one of the most popular australian native flowers with delicate mauve white and blue flowers. For example despite its name blue chiffon rose of sharon is not reliably true blue.

Luckily big blooms like hydrangea offer light sky blue petals and irises can blossom in classic royal blue. The small azores island of faial has so many wild hydrangea that it has been dubbed the blue island. Angus s top ten australian shrubs.

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