First, let me say that when gardeners use the word “blue” to describe the color of flowers, we sometimes fudge a bit. There is often a decidedly lavender or purplish tint to flowers we call blue. As a ...

When temperatures lock in at 90 degrees and above, we will do most anything to make it seem cooler. One option is to plant cool rather than warm colors in the garden. Perhaps these summer blues will ...

My favorite color has always been green. I guess that figures, given my lifelong interest in plants. But it's not my favorite hue for flowers. The Times-Picayune ArchiveDan Gill will discuss 'The ...

It's easy to spot this one, blooming in April and May. Individual plants are biennial, living their first year with leaves, and blooming the next season. The plants are typically tightly crowded ...

Blue is the rarest flower color, seen on only 10 percent of the 280,000 flowering plants on Earth. Among those who specialize in color analysis, it is sometimes claimed that, in reality, there has ...

Above image by Smithsonian Institution on USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. As you travel Indiana’s backroads in July and August, you can observe what we might call one of nature’s rarities – a distinct sky ...

In nature, blue is much rarer than you might think. Sure, the sky is blue when the weather’s nice, and so is the ocean. But the vast majority of plants and animals are incapable of making blue pigment ...

Feeling blue? That color isn't as common as you may think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When you look up at the blue sky ...

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...