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One thing about us:Southern Livingeditors love plants.

With that in mind, we asked our editors what plants they love.

There are so few blue flowers in the garden, and these are showy.

Hydrangea

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My grandmother grewblue hydrangeas, and they always remind me of my grandmother, Mama Mae.

Steve Bender, recommends chaste tree, one of his top all-time trees.

He says, Chaste treeis one of my favorites.

Zinnias

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One of the reasons why is because it’s one of the trees that has blue flower spikes.

Blue is a very rare color actually in the plant kingdom.

Daylily

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Camellias

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Peony

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Mint

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Tulips

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Snake Plant

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Fringe Tree

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Dahlias

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Roses

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Ornamental cabbage

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Purslane

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Chaste Tree

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