5/8/2023 0 Comments Small purple flowers![]() FLOWERING SEASON(S): spring / summer / autumn.Though the little flowers vary in size, verbenas are all borne in big, handsome clusters and are displayed over a very long blooming season that often begins before summer and lasts until autumn.Īs for the tone of purple, with Verbena you get to choose your shade from pale lavender right through to deep purple.Īrgentinian vervain is of a pinky-purple shade and can reach up to 2.5m in height and spread. COMMON NAME(S): purple top / Argentinian vervainīy the standards of Botanical classification, quite a variety of perennials, both deciduous and semi-evergreen, fall under the umbrella of Verbena.This variety pictured above has darker flowers than that of the common columbine listed above. COMMON NAME(S): columbine ‘purple emperor’Īnother columbine, ‘Purple Emperor’ has inner petals of a lighter shade framed by outer sepals in a darker one.Ĭolumbines are among the few perennials that include flowers in deep, intense tones of violet, including an absolutely riveting black violet.This common columbine variety is fully hardy and flowers throughout spring and well into the depths of the summer months. Popularly known as columbines, these are herbaceous deciduous perennials.įor the most part, the flowers are delightfully charming, their intricate complexity only adding to their charms. With nearly 100 purple or purplish varieties to choose from, aquilegias are one of the list leaders of the purple perennials club. This evergreen shrub of a bushy habit appears as a clump of upright plants when in flower, courtesy of those erect floral spikes that grow from 0.2-1m depending on the cultivar.Įach spike holds numerous tiny flowers of a royal purple hue which are renowned for their fragrance.Įnglish Lavenders flower during summer. Next up is the quintessential English purple flower, the English lavender. Violets are found in various shades of purple, from mauve through bright purple to deep violet. They are only 2-3cm wide but are produced in profusion all through spring. Much like sweet violet, Pyrenean violets are low-growing mat-forming evergreens with brilliant green foliage. ![]() Sweet Violet flowers often show ‘rabbit ears’. Of course, there are innumerable cultivars in all shades of purple, but they are not reliable perennials. Incorrectly thought of solely as annuals, sweet violet is a hardy perennial that is one of two perennial varieties in the plant’s species. I’ve begun this list with a classic purple flower that is even named after a shade of purple – the violet. Here are thirty-eight of my favourite purple-flowering perennials that all have fantastic flowers of striking hues, ranging from pale lilac through rich purple to blackish violet. If you’re looking for a perennial that produces stunning purple flowers that will return every year, then this is the list for you. 30) Clerodendrum myricoides ‘Ugandense’. ![]()
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