Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor' (Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor')
Other names: Purple coneflower 'Prairie Splendor', Black samson 'Prairie Splendor', Hedgehog coneflower 'Prairie Splendor', Rudbeckia purpurea 'Prairie Splendor'
'Prairie Splendor' is a compact, upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with narrowly ovate to lance-shaped, rarely toothed, rough-hairy, dark green leaves and, from late spring to late summer, flowers with bright pink to magenta petals surrounding a dark orange cone.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea' (Wood spurge 'Purpurea')
Other names: Eurphorbia Purpurea
'Purpurea' is a bushy, softly hairy, evergreen perennial with reddish-purple stems bearing ovate to spoon-shaped, maroon to reddish-purple leaves and cymes of bright yellow-green flowers from mid-spring to early summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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 |
Weigela florida 'Foliis Purpureis' (Wigela 'Foliis Purpureis')
Other names: Weigela florida 'Purpurea'
'Foliis Purpureis' is a small, deciduous shrub with purple-tinged leaves and clusters of pink flowers in spring and summer.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viola riviniana Purpurea Group (Common dog violet Purpurea Group)
Other names: Viola labradorica var. purpurea, Viola riviniana Purpurea Group, Viola labradorica Purpurea Group, Viola riviniana 'Purpurea'
Purpurea Group are compact, semi-evergreen, perennials forming clumps of toothed, oval, purple-green leaves and purple flowers in late spring to early 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 |
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 |
Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Amy Purpurea' (Wood spurge 'Amy Purpurea')
'Amy Purpurea' is an upright, bushy, softly hairy, evergreen perennial with maroon stems bearing ovate to spoon-shaped, bronze-green leaves and terminal clusters of bright yellow-green flowers from early spring to early summer.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 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 |
Bergenia cordifolia 'Purpurea' (Elephant's ears 'Purpurea')
'Purpurea' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with thick, rounded to heart-shaped, dark green leaves, flushed purple in winter. Sturdy, upright, red stems bear cymes of bell-shaped, magenta flowers in spring.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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