3/7/2023 0 Comments Bush with purple flowersThe vibrant color and small manageable size make a very nice and versatile plant in tropical landscapes. It is covered with single petaled, vibrant, royal purple flowers in the spring and fall, and is one of the more popular and well known cultivars of the more than 450 types of Tibouchina. The Tibouchina lepidota, commonly known as Ecuador Princess matures to be a medium size tree-like shrub. Shrubs or small trees that feature at least some cultivars with purple foliage include smokebush (Cotinus), Japanese maple, Elderberry (Sambucus) and Weigela.Allamandas, Mandevillas, Dips (9) Bonsai Suitable (13) Bottlebrush (2) Bougainvilleas (1) Brugmansia Angels Trumpet (24) Butterfly, Hummingbird, Habitat (45) Cacti and Succulents (21) Clerodendrums (6) Ferns (13) Florida Native (10) Flowering Trees (21) Foliage and Accent Plant (26) Fragrant Plants (87) Free Gift Plants Info Copies (22) Fruit, Berries, Edible Landscape (13) Gift Certificates (1) Ground Covers-> (43) Ground Orchids (12) Hibiscus-> (121) Honeysuckle Vines (4) Interior House Plants (106) Ixoras (13) Jasmine, False Jasmine, Gardenia-> (28) Large Houseplant (5) Large Landscape Ready Plants (7) Lilies, Iris, Bulbs (12) Oleanders (2) Palms and Cycads (1) Passiflora or Passion Vine (16) Perennials Flowering Asst'd (72) Plant Care Products (5) Porch and Patio (200) Roses Heirloom Antique Own Root (18) Shade Garden (43) Shrubbery and Foundation (51) Statement and Focal Points (56) Trees-> (117) _Deciduous (4) _Evergreen (3) _Flowering (29) _Fruit and Nut (4) _Urban Size (20) Unusual Plants (57) USDA Zones-> (1085) Variegated and Colored Foliage (25) Vines (76) Water Garden Bog (4) Wildlife Food & Forage-> (186) New Products. Perennials and ground covers with selected cultivars of purple foliage include bugleweed (Ajuga), Canna, black snakeroot (Cimicifuga), joe pye weed (Eupatorium), alumroot (Heuchera) and Penstemmon ‘Husker Red’. ![]() When you consider that most flowering shrubs and perennials are only in flower for a few weeks, colorful foliage can provide a more consistent contrast to green foliage. Plants sporting purple leaves look showy throughout the growing season, even when nothing is in bloom. ![]() Those with purple fruit include chokeberry (Aronia), beautyberry (Callicarpa), silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) and arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum).Īlthough green foliage provides a great backdrop for flowers and fruit, a little purple foliage can perk up your garden design. There are only a small handful of hardy shrubs with purple or blue flowers, including beautyberry (Callicarpa), bluebeard (Caryopteris), smokebush (Cotinus), rose-of-sharon (Hibiscus), Rhododendron and lilac. Looking for perennials with purple flowers? Consider bear’s britches (Acanthus), Agapanthus, ornamental onion (Allium), columbine (Aquilegia), Aster, Astilbe,Baptisia, swan river daisy (Brachycome), Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), bellflower (Campanula), Delphinium, foxglove (Digitalis), coneflower (Echinacea), joepye weed (Eupatorium), Hosta, Iris, lavender, Liatris, flax (Linum), purple toadflax (Linaria), bluebells (Mertensia), catmint (Nepeta), Russian sage (Perovskia), Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium), lungwort (Pulmonaria), Salvia, Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia), meadow rue (Thalictrum), thyme and Veronica. Purple is all the rage among gardeners and Mother Nature’s palette is well endowed with shades of purple flowers, fruit and foliage.
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