EXPERIMENT WITH COLOR

red, yellow and orange, they love to visit nectar-filled cool-toned favorites, too. Plant blue and purple beauties like bluebells, petunias and larkspur for a garden feast.

ZONES 4 TO 8

Each blue flower lasts only one day but is quickly replaced, creating season-long color. It reseeds readily, so grow it where it can weave through and commingle with neighboring plants, or deadhead it to prevent reseeding. Grow this 12-inch-tall plant in full sun or a spot with late-afternoon shade.

It’s deer and rabbit resistant and adaptable to dry and wet soil.