These purple flowers are Osteospermum or African daisies. They come in different varieties and different flowers... yellow, white, apricot-tan, peach... and I like these purple ones the most!

Osteospermum are pretty popular in our neighborhood. Its blooms are so attractive. I guess I like it because Osteospermum are simple flowers that are daisy-like in appearance.

I recall that when I was little, I always drew flowers as daisies. Then when I was in middle school, I would dot the letter " i " in my name with a daisy flower. I don't do that anymore... it makes me wonder when I stopped doing that and why.

The flowers go from soft lavender to very purple. It has a deep bluish center with yellows. Very pretty, indeed! Next to pink, the color purple is my favorite. It is regal!

Why is Purple Considered the Color of Royalty?

The reason for purple’s regal reputation comes down to a simple case of supply and demand. For centuries, the purple dye trade was centered in the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre in modern day Lebanon. The Phoenicians’ “Tyrian purple” came from a species of sea snail now known as Bolinus brandaris, and it was so exceedingly rare that it became worth its weight in gold. To harvest it, dye-makers had to crack open the snail’s shell, extract a purple-producing mucus and expose it to sunlight for a precise amount of time. It took as many as 250,000 mollusks to yield just one ounce of usable dye, but the result was a vibrant and long-lasting shade of purple.
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Purple grapes, purple eggplant, purple gemstones, purple beetroot, purple mangosteen, purple onion, purple bird, purple yam, purple orchid, purple lavender, purple cabbage, purple jellyfish, purple butterfly, purple beetles, purple peacock, purple coral... purple dragon?

Osteospermum are perennial flowers! They start blooming in spring. They love the sun, and enjoy the California weather... like me!

Reference
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/annual/osteospermum/
https://www.history.com/articles/why-is-purple-considered-the-color-of-royalty
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/flowers/perennials/difference-between-annual-and-perennial-plants/

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