Blue flowers
Cornflower, gentian, bluebells, delphinium and the Himalayan poppy.
Fuchsia
Shrubs and small trees with pendulous, colourful flowers from the Americas and Pacific
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Mountain hydrangeaHydrangea serrata
A compact shrub with blue or pink lacy flower clusters from Korea and Japan
🇯🇵 Japan · Flowering shrub
Bush clockvineThunbergia erecta
A tropical African shrub with velvety blue or purple flowers and yellow centers
🇬🇦 Gabon and 8 more · Garden flower
Cattleya purpurata
A Brazilian orchid with large, fragrant flowers in many color forms
🇧🇷 Brazil · Orchid
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
A low, evergreen groundcover with violet or white star-shaped flowers
🇫🇷 France and 4 more · Wildflower
Big Bend bluebonnetLupinus havardii
A tall bluebonnet from the deserts and mountains of Texas and Chihuahua
Lupinus havardii · Wildflower
Salvia mexicana
A tall, purple-flowered sage from central Mexico
🇲🇽 Mexico · Wildflower
American wisteriaWisteria frutescens
A climbing vine with blue-purple flower clusters from the southeastern United States
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Blue flagIris versicolor
A blue to purple wild iris of eastern North American wetlands
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Wildflower
Small camasCamassia quamash
A blue-flowered wild bulb of western North America, valued for its edible bulbs
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Wildflower
Virginia spiderwortTradescantia virginiana
A clump-forming wildflower with blue, purple, pink, or white blooms
🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower
Iranian knapweedCentaurea depressa
A drought-tolerant blue-flowered wildflower from southwestern and central Asia
🇮🇷 Iran · Wildflower
LisianthusEustoma
A small gentian genus grown as the long-lasting cut flower lisianthus
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Cut flower
Giant waterlilyNymphaea gigantea
A large aquatic lily with floating leaves and day-blooming blue flowers
🇦🇺 Australia · Water flower
Brodiaea
A group of corm-growing lily-like flowers from western North America
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Bulb flower
Japanese irisIris ensata
A tall, rhizomatous iris with bluish-purple flowers and yellow-marked falls
🇯🇵 Japan and 3 more · Garden flower
Sundial lupineLupinus perennis
A blue to violet wildflower of sandy open habitats in eastern North America
🇨🇦 Canada · Wildflower
Blue water lilyNymphaea nouchali
A star-shaped aquatic bloom in white, blue and pink across South and Southeast Asia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 7 more · Water flower
Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus
The national flower of South Korea with short-lived summer blooms
🇰🇷 South Korea and 4 more · Flowering shrub
Camassia
A North American wildflower with star-shaped blue to white blooms and edible bulbs
Camassia · Wildflower
White pasqueflowerPulsatilla occidentalis
A spring-blooming wildflower with white or pale purple sepals
Pulsatilla occidentalis · Wildflower
Balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus
A perennial with balloon-shaped buds and bell-like blue or white flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Iris florentina
A white, violet-scented iris grown for orris root and as a grave flower
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
African lilyAgapanthus praecox
A long-lived perennial with blue, purple, or white umbels from South Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Garden flower
Iris spuria
A tall, slender iris with lilac-blue flowers and grass-like leaves
🇸🇪 Sweden and 7 more · Wildflower
Blue morning gloryIpomoea indica
A fast-growing vine with vivid blue funnel flowers that fade to pink by dusk
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Climber
Bigleaf HydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
A Japanese shrub with large pink or blue flower heads that change colour with soil
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Garden flower
Cooktown orchidDendrobium bigibbum
A lilac-purple orchid from Queensland, the floral emblem of the state
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower
Gentian sageSalvia patens
A blue-flowered sage from central Mexico grown for its vivid blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower
Iris tectorum鸢尾
A blue or white iris once grown on rooftops in China and Japan
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Iris lactea白花马蔺
A hardy wild iris with pale blue to violet blooms from central Asia
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sundial lupine: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us, source
- Rose of Sharon: Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Camassia: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White pasqueflower: Bordgious, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Balloon flower: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- African lily: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0 au, source
- Iris spuria: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm ), Public domain, source
- Blue morning glory: Paulo rsmenezes, CC BY-SA 3.0 br, source
- Bigleaf Hydrangea: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, source
- Cooktown orchid: No machine-readable author provided. John Hill assumed (based on copyr, CC BY 2.5, source
- Gentian sage: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris tectorum: 清水五月, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris lactea: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fuchsia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mountain hydrangea: Laitche, Public domain, source
- Bush clockvine: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cattleya purpurata: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5 dk, source
- Lesser Periwinkle: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Big Bend bluebonnet: Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Salvia mexicana: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- American wisteria: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Blue flag: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Small camas: William & Wilma Follette @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992, Public domain, source
- Virginia spiderwort: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iranian knapweed: Musa geçit, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lisianthus: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Giant waterlily: botanygirl, CC BY 4.0, source
- Brodiaea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Japanese iris: Laitche, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue water lily: Nguyễn Tấn Phát, CC BY-SA 3.0, source