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Article: The blues ... summer flowers to start from seed now.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- April 1, 1984
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Good blues are among the most sought-after garden colors. When planting for summer, many gardeners choose blue-flowered plants because their cool color tempers the warmer shades--yellow, orange, pink, and red--and constrats attractively with them. Yet, if you desire more variety in summer blue than the bedding plant basics--ageratum, delphinium, and lobelia--you may have to grow them from seed. Nurseries seldom sell these as started plants.
The following list of blue-flowered summer bloomers will give you an idea of the choices. Seeds for most of the ones listed here are available on racks at nurseries and garden stores or from mail-order seed companies. ...