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The article mentions plants too. But I can list a number of blue plants in my vicinity (OK, sometimes a touch of purple too) or even in the garden: [Centaurea
by jcynix 2y ago
The article mentions plants too. But I can list a number of blue plants in my vicinity (OK, sometimes a touch of purple too) or even in the garden:
[Centaurea cyanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_cyanus?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_cyanus?wprov=sfla1)
[Digitalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis?wprov=sfla1)
[Centaurea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea?wprov=sfla1)
[Scabiosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabiosa?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabiosa?wprov=sfla1)
[Phacelia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phacelia?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phacelia?wprov=sfla1)
and last but not least many varieties of
[Campanula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula?wprov=sfla1)
- spullara 2y ago3 of those I would call purple rather than blue.
- jcynix 2y agoI agree, but purple seems to be a similarly rare color IMO. I could offer [Chicory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory?wprov=sfla1), [Myosotis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis?wprov=sfla1) and [Borage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage?wprov=sfla1) as replacements ...
- sdeframond 2y agoSome flowers are blue indeed. They are made to stand out, so it is like they are a purposeful exception to the rule
- RoyalHenOil 2y agoBlue flowers are extremely common because pollinators are attracted to them. I am pretty sure that they were referring to the plant itself being blue (like leaves and stems), not the flowers.