Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Purpurea' (Boston ivy 'Purpurea')
Other names: Japanese creeper 'Purpurea', Purple-leaved Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Atropurpurea'
'Purpurea' is a vigorous, self-clinging, deciduous climber with lobed, purple-flushed, dark green leaves, flushed red in spring, turning bright red in autumn. Occasionally bears inconspicuous flowers and dull-blue fruit.
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3m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor' (Beech 'Purpurea Tricolor' )
Other names: European beech 'Purpurea Tricolor' , Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor' , Fagus sylvatica 'Roseomarginata', Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolour'
'Purpurea Tricolor' is a rounded to spreading, deciduous tree bearing elliptic to ovate, wavy-margined, purple leaves with irregular, bright pink margins. Inconspicuous yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by spiny, capsule-like fruit in autumn.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea' (Tenturier grape)
Other names: Grape vine 'Purpurea'
'Purpurea' is a fast-growing, large climber with lobed purple leaves in summer, turning crimson-tinted in autumn, and insignificant green flowers followed by deep purple grapes.
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2.5m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Catalpa x erubescens 'Purpurea' (Purple hybrid catalpa)
Other names: Purple Indian bean tree, Hybrid catalpa 'Purpurea' , Catalpa bignonioides 'Purpurea'
'Purpurea' is a spreading, deciduous tree with large, broadly ovate to heart shaped, dark green leaves, purple-black when young in spring. Upright panicles of purple- and yellow-marked, white flowers in summer are followed by long, slender, dark purple pods.
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15m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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25 years to maturity |
Parthenocissus himalayana var. rubrifolia (Red Himalayan woodbine)
Other names: Red Himalayan woodbine, Parthenocissus himalayana 'Rubrifolia', Parthenocissus himalayana 'Purpurea'
P. himalayana var. rubrifolia is a tender, vigorous, self-clinging climber with reddish-bronze leaves turning crimson in autumn and small clusters of green flowers following by dark blue berries in late summer.
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8m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salix purpurea (Purple willow)
Other names: Purple osier, Bitter willow, Basket willow, Salix purpurea 'Helix'
S. purpurea is a deciduous shrub or a tree with narrowly long-oblong leaves which are dark green above, glaucous green below and small catkins in early spring.
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4m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group (Copper beech)
Other names: Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Group', Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea', Purple beech, Fagus sylvatica 'Cuprea', Fagus sylvatica Cuprea Group, Fagus sylvatica Purple-leaved Group, Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea
Atropurpurea Group is a large, upright, spreading, deciduous tree with oval to elliptic, glossy, dark purple leaves turning copper to maroon in autumn and inconspicuous, purple flowers in spring followed by bristly, pale brown fruit.
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15m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Bauhinia variegata (Orchid tree)
Other names: Mountain ebony, Purple orchid tree, Poor man's orchid, Ebony wood, Camel's foot tree, Kuchnar, Bauhinia purpurea
B. variegata is a tender, semi-evergreen tree or shrub. It has large lobed, heart-shaped leaves and in late winter to early spring, bears showy, fragrant, orchid-like purple-pink flowers, followed by large fruit pods.
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8m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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10-20 Years to maturity |
Hedera helix 'Atropurpurea' (Purple-leaved ivy)
Other names: Hedera helix 'Purpurea', Common ivy 'Atropurpurea' , English ivy 'Atropurpurea' , Ivy 'Atropurpurea'
'Atropurpurea' is a large, self-clinging vine that has medium sized, dark-green leaves that turn very dark-purple, almost black, in cold temperatures.
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3m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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