Black flowers are relatively uncommon, and gardeners will understand that a breeder (or a blogger) calling a flower black does not make it so. Then when you do find inky black flowers, they’re not easy to photograph. The quality of light can highlight or conceal whatever blue, purple, red and even green tones are present.
My first shot is one of my favourites. Regular readers who visit my blog directly rather than via the WordPress Reader may recognise it from my sidebar, where I used to keep it. It is overdue an outing.
My second naturally lacks contrast, so will be difficult to make out if you’re visiting on a phone, but it is a hellebore too, this time a fully double one.
These violas are the blackest of the flowers I’m sharing today: it’s all downhill from here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Black Jack? This pirate is marooned.
I’m ending with a houseleek that spends its life looking like a sumptuous double flower.
The blackest are shared for Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge – I’ll leave others to decide which qualify. The dusky ones are lagniappe.
Susan Rushton 
That primula is amazing! So are the hellebores.
I had no idea there were so many black or near-black flowers. They are stunning.
I love that inky hellebore! The double looks navy on my screen, but it’s all subjective. I thought your primulas were auriculas because they come in unusual colour combinations, but Jude didn’t correct you and I wouldn’t dare.
Auriculas are primulas, but I think this is a polyanthus though.
😉💜
I loved all the images and am especially partial to the houseleek.
I can understand that. I was looking for a black or bluish one to buy yesterday at a flower show, but didn’t see any that matched up to this one.
Wow, that’s a startling array of gorgeous flowers.
Thanks, Judy.
Your association of the Black Jack Dahlia with piracy (great word play with ‘marooned’!) brought a smile. One of the most famous Irish pirates, Grace O’Malley (1530 – 1603) sometimes was known as the Black Rose.
Couldn’t resist.
Impressed! I’m trying to recall if I’ve ever seen any black flowers, and none come to mind. You found quite a collection. I, too, like the pirate reference.
You ought not to encourage me.
😉
Some stunning blacks here Susan! Can I use your black pansies in my roundup please?
Yes, that’s fine.
Thanks
These are fabulous.
I’m glad you liked them.
Oh! Your black flowers are really beautiful, I didn’t like my hollyhock at all!
Hollyhocks are tricky to grow, but if they do happen to turn out well, they are such characterful flowers.
Very cool…beautiful