#Purple Flowers

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 28 November 2024

The purple flowers and velvet foliage of Pleroma urvilleanum (glory bush, purple glory tree, Tibouchina) make this tender perennial an eye catching container plant for the summer but it needs winter protection. The tree will require pruning to keep the plant under control.

Jill Raggett

[maviyenot]

[petitworld]

Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA by Joe Stuczynski

[grapeperfume]

[landsccape]

[constantlyfalling]

color shifting

[trippingthemoonlightfantastic]

Mineral Meadowcore

Watercolor On Cotton Paper

2023, 22"x 30"

Purple Poppies

Amethyst

[mirrutatep]

My pixel rendition of a lavender oil painting by Nataliia Vyaz

twitter ♦ prints ♦ tip jar

[los-plantalones]

grape hyacinths are one of my favorite spring ephemerals. not only are they adorable, but the flowers can be used for making syrup that tastes faintly and sweetly of grapes.

and if that’s not your thing, they can also be used for making color-changing ink. the initial ink might look purple in color, but as it hits the paper and begins to dry it will turn blue. and if you add an acid, it will turn pink. and if you add a basic it will turn green (you can do this with the syrup, too!)

this happens because of naturally-occurring pigments called anthocyanins – the same pigments found in purple cabbage, violets, and blueberries!

COLOR SCIENCE 🧪

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Ink Recipe

Ink Tutorial | Part 1 | Part 2

Syrup Recipe

[jazzymini]

flower power! ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚.

[tofreezetime]

there's so much to lose

[hachimantanyoh]

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

The lilacs are starting!

[petitworld]

Hertfordshire, England by Paul Arthur

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