13 Lovely Baby Blue Flowers to Grow in Your Garden

Discover 13 beautiful Baby Blue Flower varieties to add a touch of tranquil charm to your garden spaces, from delicate forget-me-nots to regal delphiniums.

Baby blue is such a soft, soothing color that brings a sense of peace and tranquility to the garden. If you’re looking to add some calming blue hues, here are 13 enchanting baby blue flower varieties to consider growing.

1. Forget-Me-Nots

• Botanical Name: Myosotis sylvatica
• Type: Self-seeding biennial or perennial
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Height: 6-12 inches

These dainty little wildflowers get their name from an old legend about a knight picking the blossoms for his lady love before drowning in a river. With light baby blue petals and yellow centers, they bloom profusely in spring and often self-seed.

Fun Fact : Forget-me-nots symbolize true love and are popular additions to wedding bouquets.

2. Baby Blue Eucalyptus

• Botanical Name: Eucalyptus globulus
• Type: Tree
• Features: Baby blue-green foliage
• Height: Up to 180 feet

Information: While not a flowering plant, the juvenile foliage of baby blue eucalyptus trees has a distinct bluish-gray color and powdery coating. The leaves give off a wonderful menthol aroma when crushed.

Fun Fact : This eucalyptus variety originated in Australia and gets its “baby” name from the bluish hue of its new growth.

3. Blue-Eyed Grass

• Botanical Name: Sisyrinchium
• Type: Rhizomatous perennial
• Bloom Time: Spring to summer
• Height: 6-12 inches

Despite its common name, blue-eyed grass is not a true grass but part of the iris family. It features delicate blue or violet flowers with contrasting yellow centers atop grass-like foliage.

Fun Fact : Blue-eyed grass produces edible seeds and rhizomes that have been used as a food source by Native Americans.

4. Brunnera

• Botanical Name: Brunnera macrophylla
• Type: Perennial groundcover
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Height: 12-18 inches

Sprays of tiny, forget-me-not like baby blue flowers appear in spring on this shade-loving plant. Large heart-shaped leaves add texture and stay green most of the year.

Fun Fact : Brunnera gets its name from the botanist Samuel Brunner and the “macrophylla” part means “big leaves.”

5. Delphinium

• Botanical Name: Delphinium
• Type: Perennial or annual
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Height: 1-8 feet

These regal spiky flowers can reach up to 8 feet tall on sturdy stems. Baby blue delphinium varieties add height and drama to cottage gardens and cut flower arrangements.

Fun Fact : Delphinium gets its name from the Greek word delphis, meaning dolphin, due to the shape of the flowers’ newly opened buds.

6. Love-in-a-Mist

• Botanical Name: Nigella damascena
• Type: Annual
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Height: 12-18 inches

This unique old-fashioned flower has whispy petals in shades of blue, pink or white surrounded by a decorative ring of fernlike leaves. The seed pods look like little green balloons.

Fun Fact : Love-in-a-mist gets its evocative name from the way the flowers seem to be enveloped in a misty veil of leaves.

7. Grape Hyacinths

• Botanical Name: Muscari
• Type: Bulb
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Height: 6-10 inches

With clusters of tiny, upside down bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems, grape hyacinths add bursts of baby blue color to spring gardens. They naturalize readily for spreading drifts.

Fun Fact : Grape hyacinths get their name from the compact, grape-like bunches of flowers atop each stalk.

8. Puddingstone Blue Fan Flower

• Botanical Name: Scaevola aemula
• Type: Perennial shrub
• Bloom Time: Late spring through fall
• Height: 12-24 inches

A native of Australia, this spreading evergreen shrub puts out lovely baby blue fan-shaped flowers that attract bees and butterflies. It’s drought tolerant once established.

Fun Fact : This little blue bloomer gets its “puddingstone” name from its russet mottled bark resembling the traditional British baked pudding.

9. Dwarf Annual Ageratum

• Botanical Name: Ageratum houstonianum
• Type: Annual
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Height: 6-12 inches

Compact pom-pom like clusters of baby blue, lavender or white flowers atop fuzzy stems make ageratum ideal for edging or containers. It thrives in full sun.

Fun Fact : Ageratum gets its name from the Greek word “geras”, meaning non-aging, perhaps referring to its long bloom time.

10. Platycodon

• Botanical Name: Platycodon grandiflorus
• Type: Perennial
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Height: 2-3 feet

Also called balloon flowers, these bell or star-shaped blue blooms start out as puffy green balloon-like buds. The flowers attract bees and look lovely in cut arrangements.

Fun Fact : In Japan, platycodon root has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. The plants are also deer resistant.

11. Flowering Tobacco

• Botanical Name: Nicotiana alata
• Type: Annual
• Bloom Time: Summer to fall
• Height: 12-18 inches

Despite its name, flowering tobacco is safe for gardens. It produces trumpet-shaped baby blue, white, pink or purple flowers that stay open day and night and have a lovely evening fragrance.

Fun Fact : Flowering tobacco gets its name because it is related to the flowering plant used to produce tobacco products.

12. Blue Star Flower

• Botanical Name: Amsonia hubrichtii
• Type: Perennial
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Height: 2-3 feet

This Arkansas native wildflower sends up clusters of tiny baby blue star-shaped blooms in spring followed by golden yellow fall foliage color. It thrives in full sun.

Fun Fact : Blue star gets its name from the blue star-like shape of its spring flower clusters.

13. Globe Gilia

• Botanical Name: Gilia capitata
• Type: Annual
• Bloom Time: Late spring to summer
• Height: 1-2 feet

Hailing from the desert southwest U.S., globe gilia produces rounded heads of baby blue, lavender or white puffball-like flowers that attract pollinators.

Fun Fact : Gilia took its scientific name from Phillipo del Gilii, an 18th century naturalist and missionary.

From classic favorites like forget-me-nots and delphiniums to more unique beauties like globe gilia and puddingstone flower, there are so many lovely baby blue blooms to add tranquil hues to your garden spaces. With a mix of annuals and perennials, you can enjoy their cool, calming tones all season long!