Blue dragonflies are insects with a specific significance. They are commonly seen fluttering around ponds, lakes, and gardens. Despite their small size and simple appearance, Blue Dragonfly Meaning goes beyond their physical form.
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If your summer vacation plans include a trip to the beach, you’ll have the chance to see our coastal blue carbon resources up close and personal. What is blue carbon, you may wonder? It’s the carbon that is stored in the plants and sediments of our coastal and marine ecosystems. For South Carolina, most of this carbon is stored in our coastal tidal marshes. Similar to the carbon that accumulates in forests and even in your garden, coastal blue carbon is the carbon locked up in the tissues of coastal plants such as Spartina alterniflora, and the carbon that builds up in the sediment, or “pluff mud,” of our marshes as plants die back in the winter and slowly decompose.
Plants remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere through the process of photosynthesis and store extra carbon in their tissues. Protecting the salt marsh ensures that the stored carbon can remain locked up in the plants and sediments indefinitely, which keeps it out of the atmosphere and helps to combat climate change. A healthy salt marsh also protects our coastline during hurricanes and provides habitat to numerous plants and animals.
The next time you find yourself on the coast, be sure to take note of the tidal marshes. They may look different depending on the tide stage and time of day, but you can be sure that a healthy marsh is always hard at work capturing and storing carbon. To learn more about blue carbon, check out HGIC 1894, Blue Carbon.
Blue dragonflies are insects with a specific significance. They are commonly seen fluttering around ponds, lakes, and gardens. Despite their small size and simple appearance, Blue Dragonfly Meaning goes beyond their physical form.
Though they might sound like an invasive specimens at first, but these Weeds with Blue Flowers can be a standout addition in garden and pots! Read ahead!
Rumour that Bees are in terminal decline is not borne out in my garden this year. The Bees seem very happy on the blue flowers and I am happy as it gives me an excuse to show some more blue photographs (of flowers!).
Blue is not the colour you associate with foliage but if you can bend your eyes just a little around the silver – grey through to green spectrum there may be some surprises.
Every colour has its day and for blue that is often in Autumn. This is a selection of our blue to purple plants showing off during mid to late October.
Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy by Bill Terry from amazon Bill Terry is a leading North American authority on Asiatic poppies relates his own encounters with the blue poppy and shows how, given a suitable climate, a patient and persistent gardener can raise this most alluring of perennial plants. The origins of Meconopsis are expounded along with comments about those who first discovered and grew the plants. A personal account, fun to read and adds to the collective knowledge.
Look out in other gardens for great bulbs to grow for next spring. This Grape Hyacinth called Muscari Azureum is a clear soft blue that is recommended for naturalising. Muscari Valerie Finnis is also blue whilst most of the other species and varieties flower in shades of purple. Muscari grow well in pots where the foliage can look interesting.
Delphiniums are stately border perennials which come in a wonderful variety of colours. Strong blues and clear whites are colours which are often hard to find in the garden. The delphinium is one of the few plants to give a true blue colour. The delphinium also adds greatly to the height of the garden. If well staked it can tower above the other foliage to give an eye catching display.
I like a good strong blue in the garden and not because Chelsea FC play in a blue soccer strip. With the 2018 Chelsea flower show on the RHS calendar I have selected a few photographs to highlight my favourite colour.
I am unsure about all the fuss over carbon emissions and the impact of humans on the environment. There is a finite amount of carbon in our world and it cycles around in solids, dissolved in water or in gaseous forms. Plants helped convert the primordial carbon gasses and volcanoes eruptions into solid carbons. Trees capture carbon and hold as wood for long periods and historically many trees fossilised into coal.
Have a look at the Best Blue Fruits that you can grow along with different plants and flowers in your garden for a touch of royal tint!