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Blue cloud gardens1/26/2024 Of the approximately 8 billion people alive today, the percentage that will never know you existed is so high, under any other circumstances you would round it to 100 percent. Countless yesterdays passed millenia before your birth, and tomorrow will come whether you are there to see it or not. ![]() “The world doesn’t revolve around you” is the greatest truth you will ever be told. On a wider scale yet, we build and (sadly, more often) break the very planet itself, changing it in ways that could never have come to pass without us. On a wider scale, we all build and break one another’s personalities through our interactions we create one another. Certain surfaces yield to our weight, as we shape the very ground that we walk on. Then there are the footprints that we all leave as we pass through the world, both literal and metaphorical. Everything you see, and how you see it everything you think, and how you think it everything you do, and how you do it it all comes together to produce a perception of the world - the only perception of the world that you have - that never existed before your birth, and will never exist again after your death. Oh, and did I say water…? The list for designing a garden of blue goes on and on.“The world doesn’t revolve around you” is the greatest lie you will ever be told. Using sea tossed blue glass as accents or clear glass containers filled with blue tinted water for candle holders. Blue stone is a beautiful paving material for paths and I have even seen pavers of blue in Puerto Rico made of brick. The blue garden plan may include, but is not limited to, the following plants with blue flowers or foliage: Cool climate plants and perennialsĭesigning a blue colored garden may also extend to the use of blue in other areas, such as the pots one plants in and blue man-made focal points, like blue glass bottle trees. Given that we have mentioned several times the relative rarity of the color blue in botany, it will come as a welcome surprise to the gardener regarding the vast number of plants available when designing a blue colored garden. A ‘Not So’ Comprehensive List of Plants with Blue Flowers ![]() Not all members of a genus are blue, though a hint to their color might be in the species names: caerulea, cyanea, or azurea to name a few. There are 44 main families of ornamental plants with blue flowers, although some families contain more such as: Blue Garden Plan: Plants with Blue FlowersĪlthough an uncommon color botanically speaking, plants with blue flowers are in relative abundance in vivid hues within the cool northern climates of Europe and North America. When designing a blue colored garden, it is also advisable to generate interest by incorporating blue fruiting plants such as Solomon’s seal ( Polygonatum), vines like the porcelain berry ( Ampelopsis), and the Arrowwood viburnum shrub. ![]() In addition, using blue plants whose color is foliage based, such as blue spruce or varieties of Hosta, rue, and ornamental grasses (like blue fescue) adds texture and dimension to an otherwise flowery garden of blue. Designing a Blue Colored GardenĪn overabundance of blue can seem cold and icy, so accents of purple and yellow can warm up the blue garden plan. ![]() The blue garden plan will appear bigger from the bolder end of the spectrum and as such should be the area that is most used. To achieve this spatial illusion when designing a blue colored garden, concentrate the more brilliant, bold blue blooms at one end of the garden area and graduate, blending lighter shades at the other end. While designing a blue colored garden can be a bit of a challenge, using blue plants in a small monochromatic garden lends itself to creating the illusion of depth and an aura of mystery. Plants with blue flowers or foliage are not as common as those with say, yellow or pink. The cool tones of blue evoke wide open, often unexplored spaces like the deep blue sea or the big blue sky.
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