Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula' (Weeping copper beach)
Other names: Copper beach 'Purpurea Pendula'
'Purpurea Pendula' is a spreading, mushroom-headed, deciduous tree with weeping branches bearing elliptic to ovate, wavy-margined, purple-black leaves that turn red-brown in autumn. Inconspicuous yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by spiny, capsule-like fruit in autumn.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Magnolia liliiflora (Purple magnolia)
Other names: Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia atropurpurea, Magnolia discolor, Magnolia gracilis, Magnolia obovata var. purpurea, Magnolia purpurea, Mulan magnolia, Lily magnolia, Tulip magnolia, Woody-orchid, Yulania liliiflora
M. liliiflora is a bushy, spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with ovate to elliptic, dark green leaves and upright, goblet-shaped, purple-pink flowers from spring into summer.
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4m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 Years to maturity |
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 |
Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea' (Cootamundra wattle)
'Purpurea' is a tender shrub with fern-like leaves flushed purple on purple-red stems and fluffy yellow flowers in early spring.
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5m max. spread |
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7m 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 |
Philadelphus 'Sybille' (Mock orange 'Sybille')
Other names: Philadelphus x purpureo-maculatus 'Sybille'
P. 'Sybille' is a small, deciduous shrub with ovate foliage and fragrant, solitary, creamy-white flowers, flushed purple in the centre, in summer.
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2.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 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 |
Corylus avellana 'Fuscorubra' (Hazel 'Fuscorubra')
Other names: Corylus avellana 'Purpurea', Cobnut 'Fuscorubra', European filbert 'Fuscorubra'
'Fuscorubra' is an upright, deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub, rarely a small tree, with broadly ovate to heart-shaped, veined, toothed, dark purple leaves and pendent, reddish-pink flower catkins on bare stems in late winter and early spring.
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3.5m max. spread |
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4.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Cotinus coggygria Rubrifolius Group (Smoke bush Rubrifolius Group )
Other names: Cotinus coggygria 'Foliis Purpureis', Smoke tree Rubrifolius Group , Venetian sumach Rubrifolius Group
Rubrifolius Group are large, bushy deciduous shrubs bearing both purple and green, rounded leaves turning red in autumn and large, feathery, panicles of pink flowers in summer.
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5m max. spread |
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5m 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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