Purple Florals Delight

in Garden Focus by Britt — June 17, 2010 at 9:30 am | 0 comments

Despite being unable to remember all the purple flowers that have come across my lens, I can say purple in nature always stuns this busy Bee.  It’s the purple ones that are often the coolest.

Although purple can also be found in the most delicate of petals…

purple in flowers just seems crazy.  Well, crazy great!

I stumbled onto these purple mums at Longwood Gardens last year.  I’ve seen some amazing mums but yet again, the purple ones seem to light the room.  Maybe it’s just the idea of purple or that I don’t see in gardens around town.

And when I do see it, it is always perfectly juxtaposed by great greenery.

Is it wrong to want an entire purple garden?

It actually seems quite doable.  I would love a container of long purple Irises tied very loosely by a blue bow, pulling the middle of the stalks into a artistic statement on packaging up the best of nature.

Of course globe thistles would definitely be in my garden.

Well, maybe just a long purple swath garden on one side!

and purple orchids by the kitchen door.

I had never seen this crazy plant until a couple of weeks ago.  It’s called Throatwort and is described as boasting, “Lake Michigan Purple.”  Well, well!

There are the standard trumpet purples but they are a bit to mundane for my plans.  I guess they just are not crazy enough to make it onto my must have list.

These purple wonders make a cloudy day light for the soul.

This very morning I headed out to catch these purple hydrangeas.  One doesn’t find them very often.

And just when you’ve seen it all there is always something in nature to throw off all your color expectations.

I do love purple flowers and fortunately so do the rest of the bees out there!

That’s it for me today.  I am swamped with a great work project that should have me working well into the night.  I may just have to put up Friday’s post on Saturday… well see how the day goes.

‘Til Tomorrow…

Britt : )

Related posts:

1. Part IV: The Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens
2. Orchids: A Cultural Odyssey on view now at The U.S. Botanic Gardens
3. Part I: Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
4. The fireworks of Fall Blooms
5. Orchids! Orchids! Orchids! It’s Longwood’s Orchid Exravagaza!

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