The flowers are large, of a very rich violet-purple, and expand only by day and in comparatively sunny weather. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
P. Capensis Alba is a greenhouse evergreen shrub, flowering in November, and growing to a height of 2 ft.P. Larpentae is good for a sunny border, in light soil: it bears terminal clusters of rich violet-purple flowers in September. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
We climbed out of the violet-purple shadows towards the upland where the last of the day lingered. From Wordnik.com. [Traffics and Discoveries] Reference
There are white and pink and variegated selections, although the typical violet-purple is still the easiest to find. From Wordnik.com. [www.appeal-democrat.com - News :] Reference
Then, nearer, I perceived a strange light, a pale, violet-purple fluorescent glow, quivering under the night breeze. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
Naomi Watts wore a violet-purple version of the dress back in October at a film festival in the United Arab Emirates. From Wordnik.com. [Hellomagazine.com - Home updates] Reference
The handsome, bright, violet-purple flower-heads, measuring about an inch and a half across, have from fifteen to thirty rays, or only about half as many as the familiar New England aster. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
The ground-colour is a delicate pinky lilac, and they are speckled and spotted with violet or violet-purple, the markings being most numerous towards the large end, where they have a tendency to form a mottled zone. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Exactly the right shade of violet-purple had been found for the drawing-room, and I should be ashamed to say how many shops we ransacked for the chair coverings, until at last we found the identical pattern to satisfy our demands. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Basement Flat] Reference
The aster salicifolius has a slender stem much branched above, long and narrow leaves, with violet, violet-purple or rarely white rays, and aster prenanthoides or crooked stem aster, may be told by its zigzag stem, its oblong, saw-toothed leaves and its violet rays. From Wordnik.com. [Some Summer Days in Iowa] Reference
The beauty of the night on Kondo Kondo was superb; the sun went down and the afterglow flashed across the sky in crimson, purple, and gold, leaving it a deep violet-purple, with the great stars hanging in it like moons, until the moon herself arose, lighting the sky long before she sent her beams down on us in this valley. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in West Africa] Reference
Adrien Brody's former Spanish love Elsa Pataky wore the same violet-purple gown at Italy's Ischia Film and Music Festival in July. From Wordnik.com. [Hellomagazine.com - Home updates] Reference
I tested the violet-purple version. From Wordnik.com. [MacNN | The Macintosh News Network] Reference
Tube white; petals carmine, margined with violet-purple. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
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