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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Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia Ohiensis) -
Catalpa (Catalpa Speciosa) -
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum Novae-Angliae) -
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Angustifolia) -
Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Long-bracted Spiderwort (Prairie Spiderwort) (Tradescantia Bracteata) -
Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) -
Harlequin Blueflag Iris (Iris Versicolor) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon Digitalis) -
False Aster (False Aster) -
Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea) -
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) -
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris Cristata) -
A TEST PRODUCT -
Hoary Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)