perennial beds

These plants are your best bets for summertime blues (in the garden)

Blue is a popular flower color for summer, such as the hydrangea shown in this photo. Hydrangea's color is determined by the Ph level in the soil. It needs an acid soil with a Ph level less than 5.5 to be blue.

Blue is a popular flower color for summer, such as the hydrangea shown in this photo. Hydrangea’s color is determined by the Ph level in the soil. It needs an acid soil with a Ph level less than 5.5 to be blue.

Our landscapes all have the potential to be very colorful. You can find a plant for every color in the rainbow, and the color blue is extremely popular. This week, I would like to share with you some of my favorite summer flowering shrubs with blue flowers.

Vitex, also known as Chaste Tree, is a shrub that

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