{"id":47,"date":"2011-03-22T11:33:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T18:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2011-03-22T11:33:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T18:33:33","slug":"black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Flowers – black is the new bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a black petunia<\/strong> on the market,<\/p>\n

\"petunia<\/a>

Petunia 'Black Velvet'<\/p><\/div>\n

and it\u2019s got the gardening world oohing and aahing over it\u2019s deep dark colour. Though most black flowered varieties are actually deep, dark purples, the black petunia called \u2018Black Velvet\u2019<\/strong> is quite black but for it\u2019s faintly purple edges.
\nMaking good use of these contrasting plants requires a bit of creativity. Pair them with white flowers for maximum contrast. Or, try surrounding them with purple foliage plants whose leaf colour will make the dark coloured blooms stand out.<\/p>\n

\"iris<\/a>

Iris 'Black Tie Affair<\/p><\/div>\n

There are a few popular black flowers available for your garden, some are annuals, while others grow as vines, perennials and biennials. Do you have an area of the yard that doesn\u2019t quite drain properly? Try Iris \u2018Black Tie Affair\u2019<\/strong>, it likes wet boggy parts of the garden and will add lots of drama with its shiny petals that reflect lots of light.<\/p>\n

\"clematis<\/a>

Clematis 'Romantika'<\/p><\/div>\n

If you like the idea of mixing pinks and these purply-black plants, a mixed clematis display might provide the statementyou are looking for. The light pink and white blooms of the common clematis vines will bring out the purple hues in Clematis \u2018Romantika\u2019, a black flowering climber.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\"centaurea<\/a>

Centaurea 'Black Ball'<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Along with \u2018Black Velvet\u2019 petunia, the cornflower \u2018Black Ball\u2019 and pansy named \u2018Black Jack\u2019 are all great annuals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"pansy<\/a>

Pansy 'Black Jack'<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a great opportunity to put together some punchy combinations of summer flowers. Pair the black flowers with other red annuals for bold colour. Late autumn displays of black and rusty-orange annuals ring in the Hallowe\u2019en and Thanksgiving holidays rather thematically.
\nFor a taller display, try Hollyhock \u2018Jet Black\u2019<\/strong>. Always a great companion in the vegetable garden, hollyhocks are statuesque and provide a prolific display of multi-petalled blooms.<\/p>\n

\"hollyhock<\/a>

Hollyhock 'Jet Black'<\/p><\/div>\n

These biennial plants will seed themselves in new spots for the next growing season, and the original plant will die after its one showy summer. You can select which seedlings to keep or let go the following spring.
\nIf you love black flowers why not pick some up and see which combinations make the most attractive displays for you? Remember that you can experiment with annuals for one season as a test run before pairing perennials and vines with what\u2019s already in your yard.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a black petunia on the market, and it\u2019s got the gardening world oohing and aahing over it\u2019s deep dark colour. Though most black flowered varieties are actually deep, dark purples, the black petunia called \u2018Black Velvet\u2019 is quite black but for it\u2019s faintly purple edges. Making good use of these contrasting plants requires a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[27,54],"yoast_head":"\nBlack Flowers - black is the new bloom - Higher Ground Gardens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Flowers - black is the new bloom - Higher Ground Gardens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There\u2019s a black petunia on the market, and it\u2019s got the gardening world oohing and aahing over it\u2019s deep dark colour. Though most black flowered varieties are actually deep, dark purples, the black petunia called \u2018Black Velvet\u2019 is quite black but for it\u2019s faintly purple edges. Making good use of these contrasting plants requires a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Higher Ground Gardens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highergroundgardens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jessica Salvador\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jessica Salvador\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jessica Salvador\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b69481eba931eb6d1c514bd3f91ea0\"},\"headline\":\"Black Flowers – black is the new bloom\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"black flowers\",\"garden trends\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Gardening Vancouver\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/\",\"name\":\"Black Flowers - black is the new bloom - Higher Ground Gardens\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Black Flowers – black is the new bloom\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/\",\"name\":\"Higher Ground Gardens\",\"description\":\"Residential Landscaping Professionals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Higher Ground Gardens\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HGG-logo-2013.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HGG-logo-2013.jpg\",\"width\":557,\"height\":305,\"caption\":\"Higher Ground Gardens\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highergroundgardens\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuzZLpKsuM2JxYvFO0rvHJw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b69481eba931eb6d1c514bd3f91ea0\",\"name\":\"Jessica Salvador\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jessica Salvador\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/author\/jessica-salvador\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Black Flowers - black is the new bloom - Higher Ground Gardens","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Black Flowers - black is the new bloom - Higher Ground Gardens","og_description":"There\u2019s a black petunia on the market, and it\u2019s got the gardening world oohing and aahing over it\u2019s deep dark colour. Though most black flowered varieties are actually deep, dark purples, the black petunia called \u2018Black Velvet\u2019 is quite black but for it\u2019s faintly purple edges. Making good use of these contrasting plants requires a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/","og_site_name":"Higher Ground Gardens","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highergroundgardens\/","article_published_time":"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg"}],"author":"Jessica Salvador","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jessica Salvador","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/"},"author":{"name":"Jessica Salvador","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b69481eba931eb6d1c514bd3f91ea0"},"headline":"Black Flowers – black is the new bloom","datePublished":"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/"},"wordCount":448,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg","keywords":["black flowers","garden trends"],"articleSection":["Gardening Vancouver"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/","url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/","name":"Black Flowers - black is the new bloom - Higher Ground Gardens","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-22T18:33:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/petunia-black-velvet-150x150.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/black-flowers-black-is-the-new-bloom\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Black Flowers – black is the new bloom"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/","name":"Higher Ground Gardens","description":"Residential Landscaping Professionals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#organization","name":"Higher Ground Gardens","url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HGG-logo-2013.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HGG-logo-2013.jpg","width":557,"height":305,"caption":"Higher Ground Gardens"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highergroundgardens\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuzZLpKsuM2JxYvFO0rvHJw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99b69481eba931eb6d1c514bd3f91ea0","name":"Jessica Salvador","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jessica Salvador"},"url":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/author\/jessica-salvador\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}