True blue flowers are rare to find, so sea holly is a nice way to capture this hue, but you can also find sea holly in softer shades of silver and green.

John Muir described the Central Valley as an “inland sea” lined with blue flowers. Even through the early 20th century, blooms persisted even in heavily populated Los Angeles County.

Eryngiums – or sea hollies – include the fabulously blue cone-shaped flowers of Eryngium × oliverianum Big Blue and the more thistle-like Eryngium bourgatii Picos Blue. Both have spiky ...

There are more blue flowers out there than you might think; it’s just that our human eyes can’t make them out. Luckily for the plants, it isn’t human eyes they really have to worry about.

SEATTLE — Seattle gardening expert Ciscoe Morris says: "Everybody loves blue flowers and right now is peak season for some of them. So I've come up with a road trip so you can get out there and ...

Best plants for gardens by the sea. Best native coastal hedges. The best native coastal hedges are suitable to coastal conditions, cope very well in windy areas and are tolerant of sea air.

Tourists are turning out to stroll the flower-lined grounds of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, and enjoy the millions of baby blue nemophila now blanketing its bucolic ...