Urban Landscape, Native Landscape: Purple Flowers

Allium schoenoprasum May 2010

Aubrieta deltoidea March 2010

Clematis x jackmanii August 2010

Pulsatilla vulgaris May 2010

Geranium phaeum May 2010

Purple lends richness and depth to the garden. Purple flowers blend well with red & blue, contrast with yellow & orange. Purple flowers look especially beautiful against blue-gray foliage. I have included a range of flowers with colors from pale lavender to purple-black. You may find that some tend toward red, blue or pink. But these are all lovely purple or purple-ish flowers.

Tree
Pawlonia tomentosa (Empress Tree): sun

Shrubs

Buddleia davidii ‘Purple Emperor’ (Butterfly Bush): sun

Daboecia cantabrica (Irish Heath): sun

Hebe ‘Amy’, Hebe ‘Patty’s Purple’ (Hebe): sun

Lavandula stoechas (Spanish Lavender): sun, xeric

Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra', Magnolia x soulangeana 'San Jose', Magnolia ‘Susan’ (Magnolia): sun

Rhododendron ‘Sappho’, Rhododendron ‘Purple Splendour’ (Rhododendron): part shade

Rosa ‘Ebb Tide’ (Floribunda Rose) Rosa ‘Neptune’ (Hybrid Tea Rose) Rosa ‘Night Owl’ (Climbing Rose): sun

Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’, Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Lavender Lady’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Adelaide Dunbar’ (Lilac): sun

Perennials

Allium aflatunense ‘Purple Sensation’, Allium christophii (Star of Persia) Allium ‘Firmament’, Allium ‘Globemaster’ (Ornamental Onion) Allium schoenoprasum (Chives): sun, tolerates dryness

Anemone blanda ‘Radar’ (Windflower): shade

Aster ‘Hella Lacy’ (Michaelmas Daisy): sun

Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ (False Indigo): sun

Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’: reseeding annual, sun

Crocus sieberi ‘Firefly’, Crocus vernus ‘King of the Striped’, Crocus vernus ‘Twilight’ (Crocus): sun

Delphinium ‘Purple Passion’ (Delphinium): sun

Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove): reseeding biennial, sun or shade

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower): sun

Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ (Wallflower): sun

Fritillaria persica (Persian Fritillary): sun

Geranium phaeum (Mourning Widow): sun or shade

Helleborus x hybridus, Helleborus lividus (Hellebore): shade, tolerates dryness

Hemerocallis ‘Barbary Corsair’, Hemerocallis ‘Bela Lugosi’, Hemerocallis ‘Strutters Ball’ (Daylily): sun

Hyacinthus orientalis ‘Purple Voice’ (Hyacinth): sun

Iris chrysographes, Iris cycloglossa, Iris sibirica ‘High Standards’ (Siberian Iris): sun

Liatris spicata (Gayfeather): sun

Penstemon x mexicali ‘Pike’s Peak Purple’ (Beardtongue): sun, xeric

Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage): sun

Pulmonaria longifolia (Lungwort): shade

Pulsatella vulgaris (Pasque Flower): sun

Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ (Meadow Sage): sun

Tradescantia virginiana (Spiderwort): shade

Tricyrtis ‘Empress’ (Toad Lily): shade

Tulipa ‘Abigail’, Tulipa ‘Jackpot’, Tulipa humilis ‘Persian Pearl’, Tulipa ‘Negrita’, Tulipa ‘Passionale’, Tulipa ‘Purple Prince’, Tulipa ‘Violet Beauty’ (Tulip): sun

Verbena bonariensis (Verbena): sun

Veronica ‘Eveline’, Veronica ‘Purpleicious’, Veronica ‘Total Eclipse’ (Speedwell): sun

Zantedeschia ‘Black Pearl’ (Calla Lily): sun, needs moisture

Groundcovers & Trailers

Aubrieta deltoidea ‘Cascade Purple’ (Rock Cress): sun

Clematis ‘Bonanza’, Clematis x jackmanii, Clematis ‘Wisley’: vine, sun

Liriope muscari (Lily Turf): shade, tolerates dryness

Mazus reptans (Creeping Mazus): sun

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This blog began in 2008 as Metropolitan Gardens to provide information on gardening in Seattle & places like it. Click on Gardening in Cascadia. The blog expanded to include Parks P-Patches Public Gardens in the US, Canada & Europe. Then Nature was added. (The difference between nature & gardens is intent. Nature happens. Gardens are planned.) Many recent posts are not about Seattle, or even Cascadia. They are Urban Landscape: streetscape & architecture. Cascadia is the region including the Cascade Mountains of Washington & Oregon. If you want to contact the blogger, leave a message in comments. Comments are moderated & private messages will not be posted.

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