"Cool" Color Flowers

Flowers are great for decorating your home (both inside and out!) every day, as well as for decorating special events! Last week I showed you the difference between "cool" and "warm" colors on the subtractive color wheel. Now, I offer you inspiration with a list of flowers that fall under the "cool" color category.


There are many flowers that come naturally in blue and purple/blue shades. Green and yellow-green flowers are less abundant, though there are some lovely plants that would make for great centerpieces or bouquets even though they're not technically "flowering" plants. Teal flowers, unfortunately, tend not to exist in nature, but many flowers can be dyed to create this popular blue-green color. There are also some beautiful blue-green non-flowering leaves and plants.

Purple/Blue flowers: Iris, Violet, Geranium, Mountain Bluet, Bellfower, Babiana, Aster, Angelface, Lupine, Purple Robe Nierembergia, Petunia, Salvia, Pansy, Skullcap, Tulip, Blue Lithospermum, Lily-of-the-Nile, Lavender, Lilac, Hydrangea, Wisteria, Anemone, Hyacinth, Spring Starflower, Skyflower, Kenilworth Ivy, Longwood Blue, Catmint, Rosemary, Sage, Scabiosa, Alliums, Bindweed, Larkspur, Wolfsbane, Burdock, Carnation, Crocus, Eupatorium, Flax, Periwinkle, Forget-Me-Not, Gentian, Heather Flower, Ipomoea, Jacob's Ladder, Spiderwort, Lobellia, Love-in-the-Mist, Nightshade, Purple Rose, Saffron, Statice, Syringa, Veronica, Euphorbia Black Bird

Green/Yellow-Green flowers: Cymbidium Orchids, Chrysanthemum, Gladiolus, Carnation, Fennel, Sea holly, Forsythia, Hop, Houseleek, Ivy, Mint, Bells of Ireland, Lisianthus, Hypericum, Anthirium, Hydrangea, Amaranthus, Viburnum, Celosia

Blue-Green/Teal flowers: Jade Vine, Roman Wormwood, Mother-of-Thousands, Blue Fescue, Hydrangea, Teal Thistle Flower, Nigella, Daisy, Dyed Carnations, Orchid, Chrysanthemum

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