Purple foliage plants

For summer flower power, hydrangeas are a must. They fill up hard to plant places, producing colorful mopheads of flowers in blues, pinks, pure white, lavender and rose. When the flowers start to fade, they

Comes in different sizes, flowers in early spring

Persian shield is an ornamental plant with iridescent purple foliage that may be grown outdoors in Zones 9-11. Learn more about it now on Gardener’s Path.

One of my favorite ways to experiment in the garden is by using plants with dark red leaves. It’s an unexpected color to incorporate into your landscape. And, there’s a surprisingly high number of burgundy plants. Learn to use plants with burgundy foliage for a unique deep red landscape that stands out from the rest. Many plants with burgundy foliage also sport really unique features like prolific blooms, edible berries and event scents that will make you fall in love with them.

From deep violets to soft lavenders, purple perennials are the heartthrobs of the garden world. Discover our 15 must-have plants by clicking through and don’t forget to follow us for more gardening tips and tricks.

These colorful, low-maintenance perennial flowers can take hot weather, drought, and poor soil in stride while they keep on blooming.

Flowers may come and go, but fabulous foliage is hard at work every single day bringing beauty to garden spaces. Some plants with fun foliage act as a backdrop for flashier flowering plants while others steal the show all on their own, find your favorite right here.

Cleveland sage’s lovely silver foliage is among the most fragrant of any salvia, so much so that its dried leaves are often bundled together and used as incense. It’s a cool-season grower, using winter rains to produce whorls of light blue to purple flowers in late spring. This plant needs fast-draining soil to endure the high monsoon humidity and low night temperatures of low desert areas.

Explore the best outdoor purple plants to add a splash of vibrant color to your garden. These top plants with purple leaves will transform your outdoor spaces with their striking hues.

Explore the colroful world of foliage in shades of burgundy, violet, and more. Discover how to create multi-seasonal appeal and make your garden stand out with these plants with purple leaves.

It’s easy to grow and makes a lovely complement to any container plant arrangement in the house or on the patio. The fluffy purple leaves of this houseplant make it a popular choice. And I know you’ll love them too. Here’s a little fun fact about this beauty: The leaves of the Purple velvet plant are more appealing than the flowers. It’s because its tiny red-yellow flowers have a strong odor and are typically cut off as soon as they appear, allowing the leaves to prevail.

Bergenia is a popular, low-maintenance plant that home gardeners favor for its showy purple flowers, hardiness, and evergreen foliage that makes for excellent ground cover.

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Creeping phlox is one of the first perennial plants to provide a burst of spring color in the landscape. Its mossy, fern-like foliage quickly becomes covered in waves of blooms in early spring. With varieties that can flower in pink, red, white or purple, the plant is certainly an early-season eye-catcher! And with just a little care after they complete their bloom cycle, you can keep your creeping phlox plants healthy and strong year after year – and maybe even get a second bloom from them…

Cascading plants are perfect for planted containers and softening edges of garden beds and retaining walls, adding beauty and practicality.

Discover 30 rabbit-resistant perennials that bring vibrant colors and textures to your garden while keeping pesky rabbits at bay. Enjoy a flourishing, worry-free landscape.

ERYSIMUM 'Bowles's Mauve' is a plant that every garden should have. It manages to flower almost all year long apart from in the depths of winter. This vigorous subshrub reaching 75cm (21/2ft) in height, has glaucous foliage and mauve flowers that lend it to many planting combinations. Given a good sunny aspect with well-drained soil it will reward you with months of continual flowering, and attract a whole host of insects.

Brighten up your garden with these perennial flowers that bloom all summer, from bold blooms and groundcover to climbing vines.