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extraordinary parrot tulip
March 23, 2015
Gardening

Give your Garden the “Wow” Factor with these 5 Extraordinary Flowers

We all love our roses and tulips and look forward to seeing their extraordinary flowers every year.

But have you ever witnessed the blooming of a black bat flower? How about the twisty-turny, bright-blue seed pods on a prickly caterpillar bean?

Unique flowers make perfect conversation pieces for your backyard barbecues, and planting them is an excellent way to add some zing to your garden. Check out these 5 attention-grabbing beauties!

1: The Exotic Parrot Tulip

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Tulips are one of spring’s greatest beauties, and you can even grow them in a vase to enjoy their blooms for months.

But parrot tulips take this classic favorite and turn it exotic: parrot tulips have frilly edges that make them much showier than their more common relatives. They also tend to come in bright, vibrant colors reminiscent of the tropical birds that give them their names.

Parrot tulips are also often two-toned, which makes them even more eye-catching (see photo above). For example, “Texas Fire” is a vivid red parrot tulip with purple accents that make the red pop.

These extraordinary flowers aren’t your mom’s tulips!

 

2: The Curvy Snail Vine

exotic flowers

The Caracalla bean, also called the snail vine, is a fast-growing vine that produces strikingly curvaceous blooms with spiral shapes that resemble snail shells. Flowers come in various combinations of white, gold, purple, and lavender.

Snail vines are easy to plant and care for, and you can grow them from seed or cuttings. They are perennials in USDA Hardiness Zones 9-11 and annuals in cooler climates.

These lovely flowers even had one legendary admirer: in 1792, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “the most beautiful bean in the world is the caracalla bean.” You can still see the beautiful Caracalla bean in Monticello’s vegetable garden.

 

3: The Extraordinary Caterpillar Bean Flowers

prickly caterpillar bean

The most eye-catching feature of the prickly caterpillar bean isn’t its small yellow flowers but its curly, prickly, electric blue seed pods. The seed pods almost look like little party streamers and are sure to ignite your guests’ curiosity, whether they see these little wonders out in your garden or at the dinner table as colorful salad garnishes.

 

4: The Whimsical Allium Flower

allium flower

Allium flowers are the famed “truffula trees” from Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax. These eye-catching cousins of onions and garlic grow 36 to 60 inches high and sport large, poofy balls made of tiny purple blooms.

They are perennials in USDA Hardiness zones 5a through 10b. Allium flowers bloom from early to mid-summer, and their whimsical beauty will make your garden feel like a fairy tale! Bonus: these beauties also attract butterflies.

 

5: The Extraordinary Bat Flowers

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If you’re looking for something exotic, look no further than the bat flower. Bat flowers are tropical flowers from Asia that come in many colors.

They even come in black (see photo above), one of the rarest bloom colors of any flower. Bat flowers’ large wing-like petals and odd, dangling whisker-like appendages give them their name.

As a bonus, we can almost guarantee you’ll be the only gardener on your block with these exotic beauties!

Enjoy your garden!

Photos courtesy of Rick Ligthelm, Mike Ball, Domenica Crea, Esty.com, Richardobeirne, and Jean.

Make your garden a talking point this summer by adding these beautiful extraordinary flowers!
Give your garden a unique look with these colorful extraordinary flowers!

 

Brighten up your garden by adding one of these 5 beautiful flowers.

 

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