Identify Blue Flowers

Question

I have pretty flowers growing outside in my yard, but I don't know what they are.

Violets seem close, but... not quite.

One Facebook friend commented and said they look like Blue Boys, but that appears to be a slang name for any number of flowers.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '18 at 22:27

It's Tradescantia andersoniana, common name spiderwort, a hardy, herbaceous, perennial, clump forming plant. Copes well in shady areas, though it may produce fewer flowers, but prefers fertile soil http://www.bethchatto.co.uk/s-z/tradescantia/tradescantia-andersoniana-zwanenburg-blue.htm

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