Columbine

Rocky Mountain Columbine with blue flowers
Rocky Mountain Columbine

Zone: 3 to 9

Part Shade, Sun

Bloom Time: Spring to Early Summer

Height: 1′ to 2′

Columbines are another very easy to grow, native, blue flowering perennial.

Perennials With Blue Flowers - Columbine ©Cora Müller - stock.adobe.com
Columbine ©Cora Müller – stock.adobe.com

While they are not invasive, they do tend to self-seed, and you will often find a couple of new plants growing where you didn’t plant them. With such pretty flowers and leaves, I usually just let them be.