There is a variety of flowers that recreate the view with its beauty and color. Among them, there are some considered graceful and striking due to their particular purple or violet color. In this post we are going to name some of these Purple Flowers so that you can keep them in mind when you want to decorate your home or give a gift to a special person.
Names of Purple Flowers
The color purple, in ancient times because it was difficult to obtain, was considered the color of nobility, and represented the joy of living. In this sense, also because they are scarce and, as indicated above, striking, that significance has been assigned to the purple or violet flowers that nature offers us, being identified as flowers that transmit calm, tranquility, harmony and positive energy.
At a certain time when it was usual to give flowers, the purple species were the most expensive. These were used and associated as a message of tranquility and relaxation for those who received them, that is, that everything was fine, that there was no cause for concern.
Among the purple flowers that are going to be mentioned are Lavender, Foxgloves, Petunia, Saffron, Lily, Bungavilla, Demorfoteca, Flaming Star, Roses, Forget-me-not, among others. Let's get started:
Lavender
It is one of the best known purple flowers. Although there are thirty (30) different species, the most common being lavender officinalis. This flower is characterized by its pleasant and fresh aroma, being demanded by the perfume and cleaning product industries.
If you want to grow a lavender plant, you should take into account that the best time to sow and germinate your seeds is in spring, that is, in times of cool weather. Germination can occur two weeks after sowing. Its spike shape when it blooms, together with its purple color, stands out when it is planted in large extensions, recreating the view by presenting itself as a mantle of attractive color.
Foxgloves
This plant its scientific name is digitalis purpurea It is of European origin, and over time it is now also found in America in temperate climate zones. It is a wild plant that is located on roads and fields, standing out for its flowers grouped in bouquets.
It behaves biennially, that is, it completes its flowering cycle in twenty-four months, highlighting at the end its large and striking hanging flowers similar to bells or purple thimbles with white spots. As indicated above, the ideal climate for sowing this plant is temperate, they do not resist direct sun.
When it blooms, it can stay in its color for up to three months. Its height ranges from fifty centimeters to a little over a meter. Apart from being ornamental, the foxglove (digitalis purpurea) It has medicinal properties because its flowers contain glycosides, an element that is beneficial for heart rate.
Petunia
His scientific name petunia hybrida They are resistant plants and well known for their intense purple flowers in the shape of a funnel or trumpet that can measure up to 13 centimeters, their flowering is extensive because apart from the ideal that it should be in the spring, it can look haughty with its beautiful flowers. in early summer.
The petunia is known to reach a height between thirty to fifty centimeters. It also adds to its qualities how aromatic its flowers are. You can keep it at home planted in window boxes due to that other quality of being resistant and besides being cheap to acquire.
From Brazil to Argentina to the southern United States, they can be found in a variety of species that give color and aesthetics to the internal or external environment where they are located, especially on balconies and terraces, due to their condition of being hanging plants. The petunia as a flower is odourless, however, the plant itself gives off a very pleasant smell.
Saffron
Saffron scientifically receives the name of Crocus sativus. It is a bulky plant with purple flowers that is usually sown in autumn and shows its first flowers in September or October, which are observed open in 48 to 72 hours, not closing at night. These come to measure between five to seven centimeters in diameter sharing with long and thin green leaves.
A particularity of this plant is that it is more recognized as a high-cost spice, hence it is called red gold. Since in a complex process, the spice is extracted from the stigmas of the flower, which are red. To obtain a kilo of saffron spice, you must have an average of five hundred thousand saffron flowers.
It does not have a problem in its development, if the direct sun reaches it where it is planted, although it also adapts to places with semi-shade. Now, if what you want is to have the environments of the home, office, establishment or other place decorated, be sure to have your saffron plant or corsages in each vase of the ornamental and lively purple flower of the saffron with its large petals.
Lirio
The Lily plant is a perennial plant, that is, its life cycle is more than two years. It is sown like saffron in autumn and blooms in spring. Its leaves are long, reaching a length of twenty to thirty centimeters. It is adaptable and because it is resistant it can be grown both indoors and outdoors because it can withstand both shade and sun.
Its stems are leafy, reaching approximate measurements of one meter in height, they are robust, forming underground bulbs that allow the flower to accumulate nutrients to stay in the winter time, hence its fame for being highly resistant flowers, known almost everywhere in the world. being highly demanded to be used in flower arrangements.
When blooming, the flowers are grouped in such a way that they simulate a fan of beautiful purple color, they exhale a rich aroma or fragrance, this last condition places it in many cases as a raw material in the perfume manufacturing process.
Bougainvillea
The Bougainvillea has an arboreal, bushy growth and also as a vine or climbing plant that is originally located in South America in tropical environments. It is also known as Bugambilia, Santa Rita, South American Bejuco, Veranera, Papelillo, Trinitaria, Napoleon and Brisa.
It is a plant that can reach twelve meters in height, with evergreen leaves that are actually what give it its showiness and that classification of plants with purple flowers because they are its leaf bracts, which have that color, by virtue of Because the flowers are barely visible, because they are tiny and white or yellow in the center of the large leaves.
The Bougainvillea is cultivated to offer it as an ornamental plant in warm areas for gardens, slopes, parks, as a barrier that is always alive and in places with less heat to decorate the interiors of environments.
Dimorphotheque
The native Dimorfoteca of southern Africa is scientifically known as osteospermum ecklonis, it is a herbaceous plant, that is to say that its stem does not become woody and therefore its stem is tender, it grows just a few centimeters. It is classified as a perennial plant, because it usually dies after two years, after generating new seed.
Its height can be forty centimeters and it has been distinguished by the name of decorative carpet, since it is used in gardens as a ground cover plant, highlighting its beautiful lilac flowers. It grows rapidly, requiring pruning for its maintenance. It is compared to daisies, for having a certain resemblance, sometimes naming it dimorfoteca daisy.
flaming star
Native to North America. It is also scientifically called Liatris spicata and colloquially Snake Root, Kansas Feather or Painter's Brush. It has a totally vertical stem, sharp leaves and blue-lilac or purple, pink flowers grouped in the shape of a spike. Reaching a height between sixty and one hundred and fifty centimeters.
In summer their flowers appear and to preserve them and help their growth they need to be in hot climates and places in semi-shade and just the opposite in cold areas, where they must receive sunlight. It is grown in gardens or in pots.
Forget-me-nots and Roses
In the same order of ideas, you can also cite Forget-me-not or Myosotis sylvatica plant found mostly in New Zealand and a rare species such as roses Rhapsody y Purple dream types of roses not very common within the popular range of roses. The three types of species can be planted in gardens or porrones to decorate, give showiness and harmony to the environment where they are located, thanks to their striking colors and the fragrance they provide.
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