Blue and yellow are a very popular flower garden color combination. Blue is a
peaceful, restful color, and yellow adds an exciting contrast. The 30
plants and shrubs in this flower garden are all blue and yellow flowering
perennials whose beauty will return to delight you year after year. All are
hardy at least to zone 5 and most to zone 3 or 4.
The plants in this flower garden range from sky blue Asters (Aster x
frikartii) to bright yellow
Ozark Sundrops (Oenothera missourensis), from the clear azure of Wild Blue Indigo
(Baptisia australis) to the sunshiny
yellow of Lemon Queen sunflowers (Helianthus x ‘Lemon Queen’).
Flowering begins in early spring
with intensely blue Scilla (Scilla sibirica) and golden daffodils (Narcissus)
and lasts through the final
burst of autumn Golden Fleece goldenrod (Solidago sphacelata) and navy Monkshood
(Aconitum ‘Bressingham Spire’).
The plants include a wide
variety of sizes, shapes, textures and bloom types and have varying light
and moisture requirements.
Use this deck to plan your blue and yellow flower garden. To complete your
design, include foliage plants, shrubs and evergreens for texture, form and
winter interest.
