Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue, blue, my world is blue.
No, I’m not feeling down, even when the backyard is sleeping. These phrases are from
a music from method again that has caught in my head and involves thoughts every time I
take a look at blue flowers. Blue is uncommon in flowers, true blue, that’s. Peer intently
and there’s sometimes a touch of purple in tiny streaks all through the petals or
concentrated close to the centre. I name it catalogue blue the place the blueness is
promoted with a shiny image that’s as blue as could be.
Nevertheless, take a step again and
blue flowers will look blue sufficient. It’s a favorite of many gardeners and effectively
wanted. There are numerous vegetation with various shades from the elusive blue
poppy to the blue hydrangea, besides the previous doesn’t do effectively within the warmth and
humidity of southern Ontario whereas the later will maintain its pinkness in our
alkaline soil. And nonetheless gardeners will tackle the problem to develop them.
A neater one is the favored
morning glory referred to as ‘Heavenly Blue’ typically seen climbing fences, trellises, and
typically hydro poles. It may well every three metres (ten toes) and it places out
contemporary flowers each day from summer time to fall.
I do love blue flowers and I
have one blooming proper now, indoors, and the flowers are as blue as Homer
Simpson’s pants — okay perhaps not that shade, and so they do have the tiniest trace
of purple. It’s not the morning glory though it’s in the identical household, and generally
often called dwarf morning-glory.
The identify is Evolvulus alsinoides, and regardless of being a distant
cousin to the extra acquainted morning glories, it makes no try and climb
something nevertheless it may path a bit. The plant is a hybrid from Confirmed Winners
referred to as Evolvulus ‘Blue My Thoughts’, though there are related vegetation from
completely different producers with names like ‘Seashore Bum Blue’ or ‘Blue Daze’.
I grew it open air in summer time in
a planter and I preferred it a lot I introduced it indoors for winter the place it’s now
fortunately flowering away. Come spring I’ll return it to the backyard as a result of it’s a
tender perennial offered as an annual, as are many vegetation. It must be rising a
few zones to the south to remain alive exterior by way of winter.
Mine didn’t flower as effectively
open air because it has in previous years as a result of this summer time was cooler and moist. That’s
not stunning since this plant loves solar and warmth however not the chilly. Within the
wild it grows like a weed in a band of tropical and heat temperate areas round
the globe, in habitats starting from marshland to deserts.
Evolvulus is just not a big
plant, solely rising to a couple inches excessive, and open air it’s going to do finest alone in
a planter the place it doesn’t should compete with extra vigorous vegetation. It loves
scorching solar and when rising effectively it could survive for some time ought to somebody overlook
to water it.
The flowers are a lot the identical
form and color because the heavenly blue morning glory, however they’re a lot smaller,
concerning the measurement of a dime or perhaps a nickel — bear in mind actual cash? The leaves
are small, too, greyish inexperienced and furry in case you look shut sufficient. You’ll see
them whenever you’re peering intently, making an attempt to identify that little bit of purple. If I had
favourites (oh no, not me), this one can be excessive on the checklist.
Blue, blue, my world is blue
— rhymes a lot better than purple. Paul Mauriat’s ‘Love Is Blue’ was fourth in
the 1967 Eurovision Tune Contest. Darn these ear worms.
