Rosy explores how to use blue hues in your borders. In the horticultural world blue has a wide colour spectrum ranging from more pinky-blue to truer blues.

Plants mentioned in this video:

Salvia ‘Little Spire’

Aster ‘September Glow’

Festuca ‘Elijah Blue’

Caryopteris ‘Jason’ (Sunshine Blue)

Eryngium ‘Big Blue’

Geranium ‘Blue Cloud’

Nepeta grandiflora ‘Bramdean’

Sisyrinchium idahoense var. bellum

Other blue plants you might want to consider include:

Salvia patens 'Guanajuato'

Salvia patens 'Dot's Delight'

Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Dark Knight'

Globularia cordifolia

Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue'

Symphyotrichum 'Little Carlow' (_cordifolium_ hybrid)

If you are interested in finding plants of blue hues, you can use our Plant Finder - click on All Plants and then select the colour blue which will give you a selection. You can then refine these plants by condition, season and height.