Gladiolus
Aster
(Michaelmas Daisy)
Vanda
Lavandula (Lavender)
Purple Flowers
Ranging from pale lilac to deep indigo, purple flowers symbolise balance and loyalty and can look visually striking in any flower arrangement. It is also a colour that celebrates accomplishment or achievement and therefore is a wonderful gift for someone who has realised an ambition or achieved something amazing recently. You can find purple flowers in a variety of flower species; from tulip and sweet pea, to lisianthus and delphinium. Purple is also a favourite colour of children and so would make an ideal present for a new baby or a young one’s birthday. Purple flowers by botanical name and common name:
Aconitum, Monkshood
Allium
Flowering Onion
Anemone, Windflower
Antirrhinum, Snapdragon
Aster, Michaelmas Daisy
Callistephus
Campanula, Canterbury Bells
Carnation
Cattleya Orchid
Cirsium
Cosmos
Delphinium
Dendrobium Orchid, Singapore Orchid
Freesia Fritillaria
Gladiolus
Godetia
Gomphrena, Globe Amaranth
Iris
Ixia, African Corn Lily
Lavender, Lavandula
Leycesteria, Hijmalayan honeysuckle
Liatris
Lilac
Limonium, Sea Lavender, Statice
Lisianthus, Eustoma
Matthiola, Stock
Mint
Phlox
Physostegia, Obedient plant
Protea
Rose
Scabious
Lathyrus, Sweet pea
Trachelium
Triteleia, Brodiaea
Tulip
Vanda
Zinnia
(In the left hand column there are a few examples of some of the purple flowers listed above.)