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 |
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Guincho Purple' (Elder 'Guincho Purple')
Other names: Sambucus nigra 'Purpurea', Sambucus nigra 'Guincho Purple' , Sambucus nigra 'Folius Purpurea' , Sambucus nigra 'Foliis Purpureis', Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Purpurea' , Elderberry 'Guincho Purple'
'Guincho Purple' is a large, bushy, deciduous shrub or small tree with pinnate, maroon leaves, green in spring and turning red in autumn. Flat flowerheads of pale pink flowers in summer are followed by purple-black fruit.
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6m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 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 |
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 |
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 |
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