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Its distinctive, hooded flowers resemble a turtle's head, making it both a whimsical and visually ostentatious plant. In zones 5 though 9, the clumpy turtlehead blooms from July until September.

Arne Maynard shares his design for a softly coloured border that flowers in late May before giving way to lush foliage – and ...

Outstanding varieties include Eryngium zabelii ‘Big Blue’ (medium height, herbaceous, with large, metallic-blue flowers and silver foliage); Eryngium x oliverianum (tall, herbaceous, silver ...

To produce blue flowers they need to be grown in acid soil between pH 5.5-4.5. Adding aluminum sulfate to the soil also encourages blue flowers. In less acidic soils, the blooms may be white or pink.

Since both Blue My Mind varieties have the ability to perform for a very long season it pays to prepare your bed properly. I like to work in 3 to 4 inches of organic matter, along with 2 pounds of ...

I have always thought of herbs as quite decadent. This is probably a throw back to my childhood when , because of my fathers particular liking for 'plain' food, such exotics as parsley and thyme ...

That makes genetically engineering a blue flower tricky, since you can't just make a straightforward tweak and expect a garden full of unnatural hues.

Love at first sight! The most common Scabiosa found in local nurseries has lavender-blue flowers and a ferny leaf. Scabiosa ...