{"id":772,"date":"2007-08-19T02:50:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-19T06:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/08\/19\/the-color-purple\/"},"modified":"2007-08-19T02:50:21","modified_gmt":"2007-08-19T06:50:21","slug":"the-color-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/08\/19\/the-color-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"The Color Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/center> My garden is made up of many different colored flowers, but when I look at the photos I&#8217;ve taken it seems that there are much more of some color than others.  I thought I&#8217;d show you a few of my lovely purple flowers today.This flower is grown from a bulb.  It&#8217;s formally called Liatris and more commonly known as Gay Feather.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1002793272\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1038\/1002793272_88fd9e9e42.jpg\" alt=\"Liatris\" height=\"302\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my front flower bed I grow a small woody plant called Pervoskia Little Spire.  I believe it&#8217;s a form of Russian Sage.  I think it was a little windy when I took this photo and the flower stalks in the center moved closer to the lense as I shot the photo so the center is slightly out of focus.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>If you can&#8217;t grow lavender you might try growing Russian Sage or even a nice Salvia as they are similar in appearance (tidier I believe), but they don&#8217;t have any scent.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1005070892\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1141\/1005070892_7e0f94d97e.jpg\" alt=\"Pervoskia Little Spire\" height=\"302\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, here&#8217;s the common but ever so lovely purple petunia.  Need I say more?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1001881860\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1032\/1001881860_085399ced2.jpg\" alt=\"Purple petunia\" height=\"305\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How many purple flowers do you grow?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">As the Garden Grows<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/> <br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_underpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0957462354\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\nch_client = \"dragonden\";\r\nch_type = \"mpu\";\r\nch_width = 468;\r\nch_height = 250;\r\nch_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\nch_color_title = \"FF9B00\";\r\nch_color_text = \"333333\";\r\nch_non_contextual = 4;\r\nch_vertical =\"premium\";\r\nch_sid = \"gardengrows_betweenposts\";\r\nvar ch_queries = new Array( );\r\nvar ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));\r\nif ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) {\r\nch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];\r\n}\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n<script  src=\"http:\/\/scripts.chitika.net\/eminimalls\/amm.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/><\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join My garden is made up of many different colored flowers, but when I look at the photos I&#8217;ve taken it seems that there are much more of some color than others. 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