The seedlings are easy to move if you don’t like the locations where they end up. It will self-seed to continue producing more plants year after year. Cut off the stalks after it has bloomed to encourage more flowers the second year. Unlike many biennials, this variety blooms well the first year. You may also want to try ‘winky double blue and white Columbine’ for its small double blue blossoms.įoxgloves are a tall biennial plant that have tall spiky flowers. The Alpine Columbine (Aquilegia alpina) has blue nodding flowers above gray foliage that bloom in late spring and bring a cottage feel to the border. It grows to 36″ high and 20″ wide which makes it more of a border filler plant than a vine…which is perfect for your bulb garden!Ĭlematis like cool roots so cover them with a generous layer of mulch after planting.Ĭlick HERE if you want more information on growing and pruning Clematis. If you want a Clematis with blue flowers that blooms from spring through summer and has a beautiful fragrance, try ‘New Love’. You can find it HERE.* Clematis ‘New Love’ Young’ is a purple clematis with large 7″ blooms in late spring and early summer. They produce a great show of flowers right around the time that the tulips are bloomingĬlematis ‘H.F. Spring-blooming varieties of Clematis are great companion plants for spring bulbs. Next up on our list of purple and blue part shade perennials is Clematis. Height: 36″ to 72″ (depending on the variety) Young’*īloom Time: Spring through fall (depending on the variety) For more information, click here to see our disclosures. But we only recommend products we would use ourselves. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. We make a small commission if you buy the products from these links (at no extra cost to you). Plant it in dappled light with acid soil and see how the spring bulbs bounce off its color!Ĭlick HERE for more information about growing Rhododendrons. This small bush (Rhododendron impeditum) with its dark green glossy aromatic evergreen foliage and its intense blue/purple blossoms will shine in the spring border. Which is where this list of purple and blue part shade perennials to plant with spring bulbs comes in handy.ĭwarf Purple Rhododendron Rhododendron impeditum* – ©alisseja – They provide a great backdrop for the pink, red, white and yellow colors that are common in spring bulbs.Īnd because I often plant bulbs under deciduous trees and around shrubs, the companion plants need to grow well in part shade. I like to use plants with blue or purple flowers for this purpose. Which is why planting companion plants with the bulbs is a really good idea. The plants don’t look great after they have finished blooming (and you need to leaves until they die back since that’s how the bulbs replenish themselves for the next year).The bulbs go dormant in the summer, so they can leave some empty spots in your garden.However, they do have a couple of problems: Which is where this list of purple and blue part shade perennials to plant with spring bulbs comes in handy.īulbs like tulips, daffodils, crocuses and alliums are a great way to add color to your spring garden. But the plants don’t look that great once they are finished blooming. See the diagram below – the items in the red area are what are being stitched.Bulbs are a beautiful way to add flowers to your spring garden. This week we will be stitching the Spikey Flowers plus a couple of elements on the right side of the pattern. I will link to a ‘How to’ for certain stitches where I can, if you need further guidance, please take a look here … How to Teach Yourself Hand Embroidery Stitches Welcome to Week 5 Do you need help with any of the stitches?Ī Stitch A Long doesn’t provide you with the step by step instructions for the stitches themselves – it is a tutorial on how to stitch the pattern design – colours, techniques and stitches used etc. If you are not familiar with a Stitchdoodles SAL and this is all new to you and you would like to join in, please go to this page to get all the information. Welcome to the ‘Bees and Blossoms’ Stitch A Long This Stitch A Long is taking place for 10 weeks on the Stitchdoodles blog – Starting Wednesday 18th May 2022 and finishing on Wednesday 20th July 2022.Įach Wednesday during the SAL – a new tutorial will be published on the blog with all the information you need to complete a part of the Bees and Blossom Pattern.
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