Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' (Bronze Fennel)
Other names: Foeniculum vulgare 'Bronze', Foeniculum vulgare 'Nigra', Foeniculum vulgare 'Rubrum', Foeniculum vulgare 'Nigrum'
'Purpureum' is a vigorous, upright, aromatic biennial or short-lived perennial with branching stems bearing finely-divided, pinnate, mid-green leaves, bronze-purple when young. Flat umbels of small, yellow flowers in summer are followed by anise-scented seeds.
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0.5m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Purpureum' (Pittosporum 'Purpureum')
Other names: Kohuhu 'Purpureum', Tawhiwhi 'Purpureum'
'Purpureum' is a bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree bearing rounded to elliptic, wavy-margined, purple leaves and, sparingly, small, fragrant, bell-shaped, black-red flowers in late spring and early summer, followed by black capsules.The new leaves are pale green before gradually changing to purple.
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1.5m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron 'Purpureum Grandiflorum' (Rhododendron 'Purpureum Grandiflorum')
Other names: Rhododendron catawbiense 'Purpureum Grandiflorum', Azalea purpureum grandiflorum, Mountain rosebay 'Purpureum Grandiflorum', Mountain rose bay 'Purpureum Grandiflorum', Catawba rosebay 'Purpureum Grandiflorum', Catawbiense Group rhododendron 'Purpureum Grandiflorum'
'Purpureum Grandiflorum' is an upright to rounded, evergreen shrub with narrowly ovate, leathery, dark green leaves and spherical clusters of bell-shaped, yellow-blotched, lilac to lilac-pink flowers in late spring and early summer.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum tinus 'Purpureum' (Laurustinus 'Purpureum')
'Purpureum' is a mid-sized evergreen shrub with dark-green, ovate leaves that are purple when young. In winter, it has dense clusters of white flowers that open from pink buds, followed by blue-black berries in autumn.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium 'Purpureum' (Rue 'Purpureum')
'Purpureum' is an erect, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with pinnate leaves divided into oblong to ovate, blue-green leaflets and, in summer, purple stems bearing large, open panicles of tiny, fragrant, pink to pale lilac flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Cestrum purpureum
C. elegans is a vigorous, evergeen shrub with arching branches, matt, mid-green leaves, panciles of tubular, red to purple-red flowers in summer and autumn followed by purple-red fruit.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Phormium tenax Purpureum Group (New Zealand flax Purpureum Group)
Purpureum Group forms very long, robust, dull bronze-purple, strap-shaped leaves and panicles of tall red flowers.
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2m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Dalea purpurea 'Stephanie' (Purple prairie clover 'Stephanie')
Other names: Petalostemon purpureum 'Stephanie'
'Stephanie' is a compact, bushy perennial bearing pinnate, dark green leaves with narrow, linear leaflets and upright stems supporting dense spikes of bright purple flowers in 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 |
Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group (Joe-pye weed Atropurpureum Group)
Other names: Eupatorium purpureum subsp. maculatum 'Atropurpureum', Eupatorium atropurpureum , Eupatorium fistulosum 'Atropurpureum', Eupatorium maculatum 'Atropurpureum', Eupatorium purpureum 'Atropurpureum', Eupatorium purpureum var. atropurpureum
E. maculatum Atropurpureum Group is a large, robust herbaceous perennial with purple stems whorled, oval leaves and flat, terminal clusters of small, reddish-purple flowers borne on erect stems in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Acer palmatum 'Hessei' (Japanese maple 'Hessei')
Other names: Acer palmatum 'Heptalobum Elegans Purpureum', Acer palmatum 'Septemlobum Purpureum', Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum Lacinatum', Acer palmatum 'Elegans Atropurpureum', Acer palmatum 'Elegans Purpureum', Acer palmatum 'Lacinatum Purpureum'
'Hessei' is a compact, upright to rounded, deciduous tree with palmate, reddish-purple leaves divided into seven, ovate to lance-shaped lobes, the entire leaf turning scarlet in autumn. Inconspicuous, reddish-purple flowers in spring are followed by winged, red-flushed, green seed pods.
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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 |
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