The Blues in my Garden.

Kiki from Awake with Charm and Spirit has invited bloggers to share the essence of blue in their home and garden and to share what it means to them. I was surprised as I went through my pictures of the past year at just how much blue I have in my garden. Not only in flowers, but in planters, birdhouses, birdbath and even the color of our house. Since I was very young I always remember my favorite color being blue. The first time my parents let me choose the color of my bedroom I asked for a light blue. My first car was blue, as a matter of fact the next few were blue as well. As I got older green found it's way into the top along with blue as my favorite colors.

Spanish Bluebells

Blue is supposed to be a calm color. I think that it does go with my personality most of the time.

Navelwort 'Starry Eyes' (Omphalodes cappadocica)

I love how blue flowers pop out against the green leaves on plants around them.

Blue star on the gate to the backyard.

Stellar's Jays are anything but calm. They are one of the noisiest birds in our garden.

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virnginica) were a surprise return for me this year.

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' grows well without any special treatment.

I know some people use the word blue to describe feeling sad. To me it doesn't feel like a sad color. There are so many shades of it and I think the paler the blue the calmer it feels to me.

Bachelor Buttons 'Blue Boy' (Cenataurea cyanus) are very close to true blue.

A blue birdbath in the middle of a flower bed seems to make everything standout around it. Even in winter when the plants are gone it adds a nice bright spot on a gray day.

Veronica spicata 'Sunny Border Blue'

Hydrangea 'Endless Summer' was new for me this year.

Hydrangea 'Nikko Blue' one of my favorite old fashioned shrubs. Hydrangeas are definitely one of my favorites.

Blueberries are so delicious right off the bush. Blue apparently rarely appears naturally in foods other than blueberries and plums.

This was such a fun post to do, and it could've easily been three times longer if I didn't stop myself. Maybe later this winter I'll do a part two.

I hope you will also join in and do an "Essence of Blue" post and visit Kiki and see what she and others see and feel about the color of blue!