Tradescantia pallida (Purple-heart spiderwort)
Other names: Purple heart, Wandering jew, Purple secretia, Purple queen, Setcreasea pallida
T. pallida is a borderline hardy, trailing, evergreen perennial with purple stems bearing narrowly elliptic, heavily purple-flushed, blue-green leaves, bright violet-purple beneath. Cymes of pink flowers bloom in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Petunia 'Alpunia Purple' (Alpunia Series) (Petunia 'Alpunia Purple' (Alpunia Series))
Other names: Petunia 'Alpunia Purple', Petunia hybrida 'Alpunia Purple'
'Alpunia Purple' (Alpunia Series) is a compact, bushy to semi-trailing, tender perennial, typically grown as an annual, with simple, hairy, mid-green leaves and purple-pink, star-shaped flowers from early summer into autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Buddleja 'Dreaming Purple' (Butterfly bush 'Dreaming Purple')
Other names: Buddleia 'Dreaming Purple', Buddlea 'Dreaming Purple', Buddleja 'Hinebud4'
'Dreaming Purple' is a compact, deciduous shrub with arching to trailing stems bearing elliptic to lance-shaped, dark grey-green leaves and slender, tapering panicles of fragrant, purple flowers from midsummer to early autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Petunia 'Purple Tower' (Petunia 'Purple Tower')
Other names: Petunia x hybrida 'Purple Tower'
Petunia 'Purple Tower' is a tender, vigorous, trailing perennial, typically grown as an annual bedding plant, with sticky-hairy, ovate to lance-shaped, mid-green leaves and fragrant, shallowly-lobed, magenta flowers from late spring into autumn.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Verbena canadensis 'Homestead Purple' (Rose vervain 'Homestead Purple')
Other names: Glandularia canadensis 'Homestead Purple', Clump vervain 'Homestead Purple', Cut-leaved vervain 'Homestead Purple', Rock Mountain vervain 'Homestead Purple'
'Homestead Purple' is a trailing, mat-forming, herbaceous perennial with deeply-lobed, dark green leaves and flat clusters of small, fragrant, purple flowers from late spring to late summer.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Petunia 'Purple Wave' (Petunia 'Purple Wave')
Other names: Petunia x hybrida 'Purple Wave' F1
'Purple Wave' is a vigorous, spreading annual with sticky, hairy, mid-green leaves and magenta flowers in summer. This variety is heat tolerant and recovers quickly from wet weather.
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0.8m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Pelargonium 'Happy Face Purple Red' (Pelargonium 'Happy Face Purple Red')
Other names: Geranium 'Happy Face Purple Red', Ivy-leaved geranium 'Happy Face Purple Red', Pelargonium peltatum 'Happy Face Purple Red', Pelargonium 'Pacfavio'
'Happy Face Purple Red' is a tender, trailing, evergreen perennial with rounded, lobed, mid-green leaves and clusters of single, reddish-purple flowers in summer and autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Viola 'Friolina Purple Blue Cascadiz' (Pansy 'Friolina Purple Blue Cascadiz')
Other names: Viola 'Friolina Purple', Viola 'Sunviopapu', Trailing pansy 'Friolina Purple Blue Cascadiz'
'Friolina Purple Blue Cascadiz' is a trailing, often short-lived, evergreen perennial with ovate to heart-shaped, toothed, dark green leaves and, from late spring into autumn, small flowers with reddish-purple upper petals and purple-blue lower petals.
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1m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'
'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' is a vigorous, tender, trailing, tuberous evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, purple-black leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers are rarely produced.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Fuchsia 'Royal & Ancient' (Fuchsia 'Royal & Ancient')
'Royal & Ancient' is a semi-trailing, deciduous shrub with small, mid-green leaves and single, pink flowers with darker pink edges blooming in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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