Japandi wall art in violet blue appears twice in the Japan Collection — in the Fleur de Lis Mum's quilled precision and in the Cornel Dahlia's more open form. The Violet Blue Cornel Dahlia is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the Japan Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a violet blue glaze, shaped in the Cornel dahlia cultivar — a medium-sized, open-centered dahlia form with slightly curved petals that give it a more relaxed profile than the tightly structured Ball or formal Dinner Plate dahlias.

The same violet blue, a different botanical conversation

Chive uses violet blue twice in the Japan Collection because the color earns two different readings in two different forms. On the Fleur de Lis Mum, violet blue reads in quilled precision — architectural, specific, connected to the chrysanthemum's imperial tradition. On the Cornel Dahlia, violet blue reads in an open, slightly relaxed form — the same iris color reference in a botanical form that reads as more approachable. Together on a wall they create the Japan Collection's most direct color study: the same violet blue across two forms that interpret it differently. The Chicago Botanic Garden carries the Japan Collection.

The Chicago Botanic Garden carries the Japan Collection. The Atlanta Botanical Garden stocks it. The Norfolk Botanical Garden carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Botanical gardens across the Midwest and Southeast have independently decided this collection belongs in their shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.

A gift for the person who wants violet blue in a more open, accessible form

The Violet Blue Cornel Dahlia ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Chicago Botanic Garden carries it. The person who wants violet blue from the Japan Collection in a less architecturally demanding form receives the Cornel dahlia from the same collection a botanical institution chose.