Purple Flowering Plants

Purple is one of the easiest colours to place. Silver foliage and white flowers keep it cool and elegant, yellow and orange give a bold contrast, and pink softens it into a gentle, layered scheme.

Most flower best in sun or light shade, which brings out the strongest colour. A few of the woodland types take more shade. Each plant page lists the aspect it prefers.

Several here bloom for months, especially with deadheading. Mixing early and late varieties keeps purple in the border from spring through autumn.

Very. Bees are strongly drawn to purple and blue flowers, so a purple planting is one of the best ways to bring more of them into the garden.