Rhapsody in Blue
Cool Plants that Grow in my Vermont Garden
Long season anchors
Cheddar pinks: Dianthus gratinopolitanus
Blue oat grass: Helictotrichon sempervirens
Blue fescue: Festuca glauca
Dwarf juniper: Juniperus ‘Holger
Dwarf fir
Early summer
Blue poppies: Meconopsis betonicifolia
Serbian bellflower: Campanula porcharskyana
Clustered bellflower: Campanula glomerata
Giant bellflower: Campanula latifolia
Peach-flowered bellflower: Campanula persicifolia
Carpathian bellflower: Campanula carpatica ‘Blue clips’
Siberian Iris ‘Perry’s Blue': Iris sibirica ‘Perry’s Blue’
Flight of butterflies' iris: Iris sibirica ‘Flight of Butterflies’
Japanese iris: Iris ensata ‘Caprician Butterfly’
Catmint: Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low
Siberian catmint: Nepeta siberica
Meadow sage: Salvia nemerosa ‘Blue Hill’
Meadow sage: Salvia nemerosa ‘May Night’
Clary sage: Salvia horminium
Johnson’s Blue Geranium: Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’
Rozanne Geranium: Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Crater Lake Veronica ; Veronica ‘Crater Lake Blue’
Spring
Squills: Scilla siberica
Camas lily: Camassia leictlinii
Forget-me-nots: Myosotis sylvatica
Moss phlox: Phlox subulata
Creeping phlox: Phlox stolonifera' Blue Ridge'
Lungwort: Pulmonaria
Virginia bluebells: Mertensia virginica
English bluebells: Hyacinthoides non-scripta
High Summer
Catmint ; Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low
Siberian catmint: Nepeta siberica
Rozanne geranium: Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Clary sage: Salvia horminium
Multi-blue clematis: Clematis ‘Multi-blue’
Harlow Carr clematis : Clematis ‘Harlow Carr’
Bottle Gentian: Gentian andrewsii
Common Monkshood : Aconitum napellus
Spark’s Variety monkshood: Aconitum ‘Spark’s variety’
Bush clematis: Clematis heracleifolia
Globe thistle: Echinops ritro
Purple moor grass: Molinia arundinacea
Sea holly: Eryngium planum
Little bluestem: Schizachyrium ‘The Blues’
Autumn
Rozanne geranium: Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Clary sage: Salvia horminium
Purple moor grass: Molinia arundinacea
Sea holly: Eryngium planum
Wood’s light blue aster: Aster dumosus ‘Wood’s light blue’
Raydon’s aster: Aster oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s favorite’
October skies aster: Aster oblongifolium ‘October skies’
Little bluestem: Schizachyrium ‘The Blues’