Purple Flowering Perennials
Below you will find a list of perennials from our plant database that are purple flowering. If you click on any of the photos, you will see a Virtual Plant Tag that may contain plant descriptions, usage suggestions and a link to where you can buy that plant for your landscaping.
Flowering perennials can be grown directly in the ground, in containers for patios and decks or even in hanging baskets.Mixed containers are in vogue, often a blend of annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses and even tropicals to take the urn, window box or decorative planter through the spring, summer, fall until frost. Most of these perennials grow well with average soil moisture and partial or full sun, though some can take full shade, giving the home gardener more options for use in the landscape.
Some of the perennials with purple blooms are native plants, which are more naturally insect resistant, salt tolerant and have natural disease resistance. Particularly striking for flowers and foliage is American Trout Lily, Fawn Lily or Yellow Adder's Tongue (Erythronium americanum); Purple Coneflowers, known also as Black Samson and Echinacea purpurea are more than a garden staple since vast breeding work has resulted in a wide range of bloom colors that includes orange, yellow, white, pink and rosy red; Jack-In-The-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) a dependable woodland plant; Michaelmas Daisy, known also as New York Aster and Aster novae-angliae, the sturdy New England Aster;
Europe and Asia have given American gardeners wonderful exotic plants like Allium hybrids, Alpine Erysimum or Flax Wallflower, Anemone or Windflowers, Asters, Astilbes, Austrian Speedwell, Autumn Crocus, Bellflowers, Big Betony (Stachys macrantha), Canterbury Bells, Catmint or Nepeta, Clematis, Dianthus, Foxgloves, Granny's Bonnet (Columbine hybrids), Hardy Geraniums or Cranesbills, Hellebores, Hollyhocks, Hosta, Ice Plants, Iris, Lavender, Lobelias, Marsh Orchid, Meadow Rue, Meadow Sage, Monkshood or Wolfbanes, Moss Verbenas, Pansies, Periwinkles, Phlox, Poppies, Primrose, Rock Cress, Rose Mallow, Sage, Stonecrop, Toad-lily, Tulips, Yarrow
Perennials that flower purple add a special grace to a landscape. The strong, vibrant purple color can be enjoyed throughout the season and blends well with lavender, orchid, lilac, violet, white, blue, pink and looks particularly striking mixed with green and white variegated foliage on shrubs, groundcovers and evergreens. Purple perennials look striking with purple, white and pink Clematis vine.
Flowering perennials are great at attracting butterflies and birds, particularly hummingbirds.