Purple flowers are among the most striking and versatile flowers for any garden. You can use them to add drama and flair to an otherwise dull nook. Or, you can use them to balance out other bold colors.
However you choose to use your purple flowers, one thing’s for certain. These beauties add appealing color and dimension to any outdoor space.
People Pleasing Purple Flowers
You will find purple more versatile than you had ever imagined. Purple creates a deeply vibrant contrast when paired with colors like pink or yellow, or you can blend them into a serene pool of blue flowers. Successfully adding purple flowers into your landscape and garden plan is easy once you consider all of your options.
This guide will help you look at the wide range of purples that Mother Nature has gifted to us all. Once you know what’s available to you, we are confident that you’ll agree. Your garden really can use a splash of purple pizazz.
Purple is a Balanced Color That Pleases the Human Eye
Purple pleases the human eye because it is a balanced color that combines cool blue undertones with warm red tones, and blends well into your garden, landscape, or floral arrangements.
If you love the color purple, you’re in luck because purple flowers come in all the options of plants, including herbs, shrubs and trees. In this article we’ll cover them all, so let’s go ahead and plow into the power of purple flowers for your yard and garden landscape, beginning with herbs.
“I must have flowers, always, and always.”
~Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter, 1840-1926
List of Purple Flowers
Here’s a list of all the purple flowers covered in this article. But like faces in a crowd, they mean more to us once we get to know them and place the name with the face and unique personality traits. So scroll on down and then stop by and visit with your favorites and get to know some new ones too.
Climbing Vines With Purple Flowers
Low Growing Plants and Ground Cover With Purple Flowers
- Balloon Flower
- Verbena – a hardy grower, great for erosion control
For more, see small perennial purple flowers and also wildflowers and weeds with purple flowers.
Herbs With Purple Flowers
Ornamental Purple Flowers
This first one is one of our favorites. The balloon flower’s purple petals start out sealed tightly together forming the appearance of a puffed up balloon.
- Balloon Flower
- Bluebeard
- Butterfly Bush
- Chrysanthemum
- Fuchsia
- Gerbera Daisy
- Iris
- Pansy
- Ranunculus
- Violas
Shrubs and Bushes With Purple Flowers
- Brunfelsia (see images on Amazon)
- Heather
- Hydrangea
- Lilacs
- Rhododendron
- Rose – purple roses
- Spiraea
Tall Ornamental Purple Flowers
- Calla Lily
- Hyacinth
- Grape Hyacinth (aka Bluebells)
- Larkspur
- Peony
- Spiderwort – (wild spiderwort is an edible wildflower)[1]https://www.ediblewildfood.com/spiderwort.aspx
- Wild Indigo (Baptisia)
Trees With Purple Flowers
PURPLE FLOWERS
What a wonderful world with so many beautiful flowers of all colors, shapes and sizes. When it comes to just purple flowers alone, there are too many for us to cover here, but this includes some of the most popular varieties of purple flowers to grow in North America.
Climbing Vines With Purple Flowers
Gardeners plant climbing vines for many reasons. Whether you want to fill in a trellis to add privacy or block the eyesore of a ramshackle outbuilding, climbing vines tend to spread quickly and add the coverage you need. Choosing purple flowering vines adds a dash of color that brightens up any garden space.
Bougainvillea – Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea buds open to reveal bright purple flowers with delicate looking fuschia and purple petals. They climb gracefully up a trellis or fence, but they also flourish in ornamental hanging baskets.
In the United States, gardeners grow them in zones 9 – 1 in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. They require a sub-tropical to a tropical environment for survival. Growers cultivate these to give a lush show