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    PLANTS WE LOVE

    Apr 22, 2021 3 minutes
    BY MEGHAN SHINN

    SPRING’S BLUE SKIES find a mirror in the beguiling flowers of these North America–native plants. In good growing conditions, all of these species will gently spread to form sweeps or splashes that suggest a waterway when the plants bloom.

    While these blue flowers can be versatile artistic elements for the creative gardener, they also serve a key ecological use in that they feed native bees and other pollinators. Blues and purples are highly visible to bees and many of these species

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