or a different temperature purple ? this flower made it out of the seedling bed last fall. perhaps this summer i will find out if it is a sibling or it is the lighter color phase of itself. either way there are dreams of great fun with the pollen and seeds from these two flowers. look deep into both of their eyes…
a north east ohio garden 
Hypnotic.
Aren’t you glad it was not a pocket watch and chain ? The klaxons would be disabled and the outer perimeter defenses would be disabled by now…
I am so glad, John. I hate cleaning up the bullet-riddled bodies of intruders.
The darker one at the bottom is stunning.
I am waiting to see how temperature variations affect the dark purple. There is a chance that the light purple might be the same plant on a warm temperature day. And I am pulling for the dark flower. We will see Dan. Thanks
“When the Deep Purple falls, over sleepy garden walls….” I do so love the purple shades in your garden trials, trails and successes –
Thanks Jo
Ya know – doncha ? I hit the ‘like’ button when I just wanta let ya know – saw/read – right? NOT that you see the lyrics of “deep purple”song as just a flower color song,like I do – or the deep purple of ‘well – this is the the color of midnight time of the human soul, in form of a flower..” Stuff, either, right? Sigh – I’m SO not built for ‘social media’ land – LOL
neither am i