Black Plants
I once went on a rant on garden trends I do not like, and that included all-white gardens (I have moderated my position on that a bit). I thought it would be fun, however, to have an all-black garden, inspired by a recent post in the Lewis Ginter Botanical garden blog. Black flowers and plants are not true black, but they are very dark, usually colored by purple anthocyanins in their cells, compared to their kin. They are great accent plants, though I find I like them by themselves too!
Originally published in the Richmond Times Dispatch Feb. 12,
2012 and at the Lewis Ginter Garden Blog at: LGBG Blog
Common Name
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Botanical Name
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Cultivar
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Elephant Ear
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Colocasia esculenta
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‘Black Magic’
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Purple False Eranthemum
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Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum
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Bromeliad
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Vriesea vinicolor
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Bromeliad
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‘Mo Peppa Please’
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Other plants:
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Common Name
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Botanical Name
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Cultivar
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Ajuga
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Ajuga reptans
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‘Burgundy Glow’
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Ajuga
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Ajuga reptans
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‘Catlin’s Giant’
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Begonia
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Begonia
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‘Black Fancy’
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Rex Begonia
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Begonia rex-cultorum
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Coleus
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Solenostemon
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‘Othello’
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Coleus
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Solenostemon
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‘Black Lace’
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Coleus
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Solenostemon
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‘Dark Star’
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Coleus
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Solenostemon
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‘Apocalypse’
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Columbine
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Aquilegia vulgaris
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‘William Guiness’
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Columbine
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Aquilegia vulgaris
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‘Black Barlow’
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Coralbell
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Heuchera
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‘Obsidian’
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Coralbell
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Heuchera
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‘Chocolate Veil’
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Cornflowers
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Centaurea cyanus
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‘Black Boy’
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Cornflowers
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Centaurea cyanus
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‘Black Ball’
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Cosmos
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Cosmos
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‘Chocolate’
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Dianthus
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Dianthus
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‘Sooty’
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Elephant Ear
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Colocasia
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‘Black Magic’
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Geranium
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Geranium maculatum
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‘Espresso’
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Geranium
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Geranium
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‘Mourning Widow’
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Geranium
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Geranium phaeum
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‘Chocolate Chip’
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Bronze Fennel
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Foeniculum vulgare
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‘Purpureum’
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Basil
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Ocimum basilicum
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‘Purple Ruffles’
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Hollyhock
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Alcea rosea
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‘Nigra’
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Hollyhock
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Alcea rosea var. nigra
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‘The Watchman’
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Millet
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Pennisetum glaucum
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‘Purple Majesty’
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Moth Orchid
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Phalaenopsis
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‘Spring Prince’
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Lady Slipper Orchid
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Paphiopedilum
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‘Black Bird’
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Black Mondo Grass
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Ophiopogon planiscapus
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‘Nigrescens’
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Purple Fountain Grass
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Pennisetum setaceum
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‘Rubrum’
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Ornamental pepper
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Capsicum annuum
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‘Black Pearl’
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Pansy
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Viola x wittrockiana
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‘Black Devil’
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Pansy
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Viola x wittrockiana
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‘Black Moon’
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Pansy
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Viola
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‘Bowles Black’
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Pansy
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Viola x wittrockiana
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‘Black Prince’
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Pincushion flower
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Scabiosa atropurpurea
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‘Ace of Spades’
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Black Baccara Rose
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Rosa
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‘Meidebenne’
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Dragon’s Blood Sedum
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Sedum spurium
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‘Schorbuser Blut’
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Snapdragon
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Antirrhinum majus
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‘Black Prince’
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Sunflower
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Helianthus annuus
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‘Moulin Rouge’
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Sweet Potato
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Ipomoea batatas
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‘Blackie’
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Tulip
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Tulipa
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‘Black Parrot’
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Tulip
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Tulipa
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‘Queen of Night’
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1 comment:
For some reason, when I try to go to the link, it tells me that my account does not have access. I'm curious about the looks of some of these plants. I'll be putting some small plants in my kitchen soon.
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