Blue Flowers

 

Blue flowers can vary from pale baby blue to deep midnight shades and are associated with serenity and calm. Lighter blues represent clear skies and clear water and conjure up images of the great outdoors, while darker shades symbolise truth and meditation, helping you to focus and work through problems. Some of the more well-known species of blue flowers include iris, cornflower, hyacinth and forget-me-nots. Choosing blue flowers as a gift are perfect for birthdays, get well soon gifts and as congratulations for achieving something difficult or ambitious. Blue flowers by botanical name and common name:

 

Aconitum, Monkshood

Agapanthus, African Lily

Allium, Flowering Onion

Anemone, Windflower

Campanula, Canterbury Bells

Cornflower, Centaurea

Delphinium

Echinops, Globe Thistle

Eryngium, Sea Holly

Myosotis, Forget-me-not

Gentiana

Hyacinth

Hydrangea

Iris

Lavandula, Lavender

Muscari, Grape Hyacinth

Nigella, Love-in-the-Mist

Platycodon

Scabious

Scilla

Trachelium

Triteleia, Brodiaea

Veronica, Speedwell

Vanda

 

(In the left hand column there are a few examples of some of the blue flowers listed above.)