Lythrum virgatum 'Dropmore Purple' (Purple loosestrife Dropmore Purple')
Other names: Lythrum salicaria 'Dropmore Purple'
'Dropmore Purple' is a tall, clump-forming herbaceous perennial with mid-green, lance-shaped leaves and spires of purple-pink flowers in mid to late summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Osmunda regalis 'Purpurascens' (Royal fern 'Purpurascens' )
Other names: Buckhorn brake 'Purpurascens', Herb christopher 'Purpurascens', Blooming fern 'Purpurascens', Rusty fern 'Purpurascens', Osmund royal 'Purpurascens', King fern 'Purpurascens', Common flowering fern 'Purpurascens', Ditch fern 'Purpurascens', Water fern 'Purpurascens'
'Purpurascens' is a hardy, deciduous fern, forming a large clump of bipinnate, green fronds. The fiddleheads are flushed purple in spring and the fronds turn golden in the autumn.
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1.2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Lythrum salicaria 'Blush' (Purple loosestrife 'Blush')
Other names: Purple grass 'Blush', Spiked loosestrife 'Blush', Rainbow weed 'Blush', Rose loosestrife 'Blush', Rosy strip 'Blush', Long purples 'Blush', Black blood 'Blush'
'Blush' is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial with upright, branching stems bearing dense spikes of small, star-shaped, pale pink flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Chelone obliqua (Red turtlehead)
Other names: Purple turtlehead
C. obliqua is an erect, herbaceous perennial with rounded stems, toothed, dark green leaves, and purple or dark pink flowers in late summer to mid-autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lythrum virgatum (Purple loosetrife)
L. virgatum is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial with lance-shaped leaves. It is an invasive plant, producing spires of rose-pink flowers in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lythrum salicaria 'Feuerkerze' (Purple loosestrife 'Feuerkerze')
Other names: Lythrum salicaria 'Firecandle'
'Feuerkerze' is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial with narrow, lance-shaped leaves and spikes of vivid rose-red flowers. Can be invasive.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lythrum virgatum 'The Rocket' (Purple loosestrife 'The Rocket')
'The Rocket' is a vigorous, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with erect, branching stems bearing linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaves and slender, spike-like racemes of deep pink flowers from early summer to early autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lythrum virgatum 'Rosy Gem' (Purple loosestrife 'Rosy Gem')
'Rosy Gem' is a tall, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with erect, branched stems bearing linear to lance-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and slender, spike-like racemes of bright rose-pink flowers from early summer into early autumn
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0.6m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lysimachia atropurpurea (Purple gooseneck loosestrife)
L. atropurpurea is a compact, short-lived, clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped, wavy-edged, grey green leaves, flushed purple in spring, and, from late spring into early autumn, dense, erect racemes of dark purple buds opening to deep purple-red flowers.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sarracenia purpurea (Purple pitcher plant)
Other names: Side saddle flower, Huntsman's cup, Common pitcher plant, Sweet pitcher plant
S. purpurea is a variable, carnivourous, evergreen perennial with horizontal, purple-veined, purple or green pitchers with upcurved ends and erect, glossy lids. Dark red-purple and pink or dark red flowers bloom in spring.
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1m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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