Every now and again, the urge to make a rainbow of flowers attacks me and resistance is futile. I can delay a day or two, argue to myself that I’ve already done this, but eventually a new rainbow has to be posted. You can see my previous flower rainbow postsĀ here and here.
Needless to say, my floral rainbows would not pass muster if reviewed by a colour scientist. Perhaps the title ought to be ‘A Flower Rainbow-ish’. Or ‘Seven Flowers, a Bit Rainbow-ishy’.
The blue-indigo-violet stage always perplexes me and consulting the internet tends not to help. Would a yellow rose provide a purer shade of yellow? Most likely, but I’ve been wanting an excuse to post this pretty little two-tone yellow iris. Same goes for the forget-me-not.
But here you have it. Not the most accurate colour representation, but surelyĀ any rainbow of flowers helps get the week off to a cheery start?
The flowers are:
Red (and white): Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
Orange: Dahlia
Yellow: Iris
Green:Ā Hacquetia epipactis (the green bits are technically bracts)
Blue: Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Indigo: Cornflowers or Bachelor’s Buttons (Centaurea cyanus)
Violet: Lobelia x speciosa ‘Hadspen Purple’
Susan Rushton 
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Thanks, Derrick.
That’s a lobelia?? I’d never have known. And that iris is a wonder! I’m glad you couldn’t fight off this impulse, and I think you should give into it as often as it hits. Who can resist any combination of rainbow and flowers? It’s lovely!
I wouldn’t have known either if it hadn’t been labelled – I think of lobelia as the low growing blue annual.
Gorgeous! A perfect rainbow. ā¤
I’m glad you liked it.
Lovely!
Thanks, Rupali.
Wonderful. I like the Hacquetia epipactis, which I’ve never seen before, but now read that it appears in January and is great with snowdrops etc. Sounds v. useful.
I always see it in small, tightly packed clumps so I would guess it multiplies readily when happy.
Fantastic photos! I don’t think you could ever wear out the rainbow idea š
I think I must subconsciously save up pictures of flowers with pure, strong colours until I have a rainbow-full!
And it is cheering to have a bit of flower power on a gloomy end of November day. Lovely.
It’s always nice to see flowers shared by people in places like Australia for that reason, isn’t it – although I always feel a little shocked to see their first spring flowers appearing, because it’s a sure sign ours will start to wind down.
The yellow Iris was the one that caught my eye.
I wish I knew what that one’s name is. It’s a nice combination of yellow and cream.
Stunning! I really enjoyed those photos.
Thanks Anne. I’m glad you enjoyed them.
the confusion of color naming falls short of the brillance in the “colors” of flowers. The eye is surely amazed by the beauty set forth in God’s creation in flowers. Can a swirl of color in an orchid be described by the names we have given colors? Naw, but thanks for trying. Your pics are tremendous with the names we have given colors.
Orchid is a good example – the colour is supposed to be bright purple pink, but it’s clear many of the orchids haven’t been told that. š
Beautifulš
those would look perfect in the spring time but now it’s winter. anyways lovely.