If you’d asked me if I had many blue flowers in my summer garden, I would have said ‘no’.
But turns out I would have been wrong. As borne out by this blue Clematis, above. The blue-lavender Clematis on the right, below. And the blue Salvia on the left. 
Morning Glories get in on the act, and this one is lovely. 
Blue Salvia will soon get crowded out by Margaritas… 
But right now it’s holding its own. 
Blue and yellow make a refreshing mix in the garden. 
And — honestly — this Clematis below is a blue-lavender. But compared to the sky, it’s positively pink. 
Except for this other blue Clematis, which has somehow risen above the pink one and is holding court. 
While, just below them both, this flower – whose name I’ve never learned – blooms all summer. 
Do you know what it is? Almost a Forget-Me-Not, but…
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Cynthia Reyes 
Cynthia, I enjoyed your beautiful blue flowers. Blues and whites always catch my attention in a garden. I also have those blue forget-me-not type flowers. Mine have spread here and there, and I don’t mind a bit. 🙂 They look especially nice planted with red tulips.
Blessings ~ Wendy
Thank you, Wendy. My regular forget-me-nots are like a soft border of pale blue clouds in front of each bed in spring. Heavenly.
A lovely range of Blues, Cynthia.
Love the pretty blue Cynoglossum – I like to grow a similar South African native, Anchusa capensis, with intense forget-me-not type blue flowers in summer too.
I love when you use big Latin words!
Cynoglossum is the Chinese forget-me-not?
Heavenly blue. So many shades and shapes. There is no end to the creativity of beauty in the floral world.
And to the number of discoveries. A garden is a blessing.
My favorite color!
Wonderful blue flowers. Morning glory is a weed here .. But I just love salvia and those ever happy forget-me-nots.
Me too, Julie.
Your blues make me happy! But how is it that you have morning glories blooming already? Mine never bloom before August.
Our morning glories have been blooming for a couple weeks or more now.
Actually, even the Japanese anemones, that normally bloom in mid to late August, are getting ready to bloom already. Weird, eh?
I do love the blue shades of flower, they always cool down the garden a notch or two in summer. I think your forget-me-not is Cynoglossum amabile
Such a wonderful variety of flowers and colors in your garden Cynthia. Thanks for sharing it. 🙂
Thank you, Brad.
my pleasure
Wow! I didn’t even know there were that many blue flowers! I think maybe the only blues I have are forget-me-nots and annual lobelia. Your clematis are gorgeous–the seem to see my house as “death row.”
Hi Kerry:
Some of mine are a cross between blue and purple, but the blue comes through loud and clear.
what a gorgeous way to have the blues…but with some many beautiful flowers, the real Blues will quickly disappear ;0) xo Johanna
It was such a surprise to realize that I have so many blues. I have even more than I showed here.
You love blue too and you certainly have some beautiful blue plants. I am very impressed by your Clematis.
Cynoglossum amabile is such a beautiful true blue. It means ‘Hound’ s Tongue’. I wonder why it is called that. Such a pretty flower.
It must be the shape of the leaves – what thinkst?
Do you have many blues in your own wonderful garden?
Your garden is looking wonderful! I enjoy viewing the flowers I cannot grow in the South.
I guess it works both ways, eh?
down south you have some marvelous flowers that we can’t grow here.
Thanks for the compliments.
True!
Beautiful blues! 😀
excellent… ❤ we call it in French: bleu royal! 🙂
I think there’s something particularly beautiful about blue flowers.
Is this your garden, Cynthia? Looks lovely and very romantic, so no reason for the blues 😉 What’s the name of the first clematis? Looks like one of the integrifolias to me. I love all herbaceous clems and think they’re much underplanted. Love the morning glory too, one of the few and rare true blues.