Multicolored Blooms
Multicolored flowers present complex visual signals that most humans ignore. We like simple statements but most flowers don't role that way. Here's a collection of flowers that will boggle your mind, showing multiple hues simultaneously or shifting color as the bloom matures. These pronounced color shifts also offer designers a way to introduce contrast, seasonality, and visual movement within a planting or in other words "cool flower!".
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Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) -
Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum) -
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia Aristata) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda Punctata) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea) -
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) -
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis Margaritacea) -
Midland Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) -
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Angustifolia) -
Calico Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus) -
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon Digitalis) -
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista Fasciculata) -
Plantain Sedge (Carex Plantaginea) -
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia Ohiensis) -
Canada Anemone (Anemone Canadensis) -
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Pallida) -
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea) -
Prairie Cinquefoil (Drymocallis Arguta)