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They are about 18 inches (46 cm) in height with blue flowers. [4] [failed verification] There is also a medium-height snowcapped variety, white top on blue flowers. The blues are most popular and common, but colors also include violet, pink and white. Their size and color makes ageratums good candidates for rock gardens, bedding, and containers ...
The production of bedding plants has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. [14] [15] In the U.S. in 1970, cut flowers were the top sellers, by far. Bedding plant production was increasing, but slowly. As cut flower production moved off-shore, greenhouse operators began to expand into bedding plant production.
This herbaceous annual or dwarf shrub grows to 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) high, with ovate to triangular leaves 2–7 cm (0.79–2.76 in) long, and blue flowerheads (sometimes white, pink, or purple). The flower heads are borne in dense corymbs. The ray flowers are threadlike and fluff-haired, leading to the common name.
An edible flower with bold blooms, the nasturtium plant is simple to grow and maintain. This annual thrives in well-drained soil and full sunlight in zones 10 and 11.
Aristea ecklonii (common names: blue flies, blue stars, blue-eyed iris, blue corn-lily [2]) is a plant species in the Iridaceae, first described in 1866. It is native to central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Cameroon and Tanzania .
Oxypetalum coeruleum is a species of flowering plant, native to South America from southern Brazil to Uruguay. The synonymous name Tweedia caerulea is also used. Growing to 100 cm (39 in) long, [2] it is a straggling evergreen perennial with heart shaped, gray-green, downy leaves. It is grown for its clear pale blue, star-shaped flowers, which ...
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus can grow more than 6 metres (20 feet) tall and broad in its native chaparral habitat, with glossy green leaves.The clusters of tiny flowers, borne in spring, vary from different shades of blue to close to white. [2]
The flowers are produced in the leaf axils and are about 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter with 4 or 5 white petals. [5] The fruit is an ovoid drupe up to 16 mm (0.63 in) long by 12 mm (0.47 in) wide, dark blue or blackish, with the green calyx persitant at the apex. [4] [5] Fine hairs cover the outer surface, giving it a shiny appearance. [5]