It goes also by the common name button blazing star, because its
lavender-pink flowers resemble clusters of buttons.
Star For smaller gardens, try the dwarf variety palibin, which has
lavender-pink blooms and only needs deadheading.
Dark, wine-red buds open into perfect, 4 to 6" blossoms that are an exquisite shade of
lavender-pink on top and wine-red below.
Although I wasn't necessarily expecting a profusion of flowers, my travel party was rewarded by an impressive showing of desert ephemerals--roadsides dotted white and
lavender-pink by gravel ghost and desert five-spot, washes and ravines punctuated by the brilliant fuchsia of beavertail cactus flowers, open expanses of the park covered broadly, if not thickly, with the showy yellow flowers of desert gold.
serpyllum) can also make an alternative lawn to grass, with its tiny dark green leaves and tiny
lavender-pink flowers appearing in summer.
Life colours: Male holotype:
lavender-pink, head yellow dorsally, with narrow magenta band across front of snout, continuing to edge of orbit on each side and curving back to form median band on nape; narrow magenta band from orbit at level of upper edge of iris to above upper end of gill opening, broader but less distinct magenta band from orbit at level of centre of eye to yellow opercle flap; ventral part of head pinkish white; iris yellow and pale blue with ventro-posterior magenta arc; caudal fin red with broad upper and lower pinkish blue margins; dorsal and anal fins pinkish blue, dorsal fin with indistinct pink margin and anal fin with narrow blue margin; pectoral fins with pale pink rays and transparent membranes; pelvic fins with pale yellow rays and hyaline membranes.
Fragrant spring flowers are followed by elongated
lavender-pink fruit.
We have selected three beautiful varieties for you - the
lavender-pink Delphinium Astolat, the deep-purple Black Knight and the beautiful pure-white Galahad.
Bell-shaped flowers with longer stamens give an appearance of frilly
lavender-pink lace.
velutina, which is a rounded bush with
lavender-pink flowers.
velutina, which is a rounded bush which produces
lavender-pink flowers.
A
lavender-pink lipstick mixed with gloss gave a fresh, shiny finish.