Spring-flowering Bulbs with blue flowers
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True blue is rare in the garden. Spring bulbs with blue flowers offer a palette ranging from sky blue to indigo, and flower from February to May. Planted in autumn, they spread in swathes beneath deciduous trees, line a path or fill the gaps between perennials. They complement white, yellow or orange flowers and enliven the fresh new foliage.
From February, Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Pearl' unfurls soft blue flowers on the outside and white ones inside. Iris reticulata 'Harmony' flowers at the same time in a brighter blue marked with yellow. In March, Muscari armeniacum 'Dark Eyes' produces clusters of cobalt-blue flowers edged with white. Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty' then spreads into little carpets of intense blue. In May, it is the turn of Camassia quamash 'Blue Melody' to raise its violet-blue stars above cream-edged foliage.
Along the edge of a bed or beside a path, plant Muscari by the dozen; they will multiply over the years. Taller and later-flowering, Camassias have their place among perennials, in soil that remains moist in spring. To imagine the flowers and foliage that will complement them, see " Spring bulbs: 6 ideas for pairing them ".
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