Grow these plants with purple leaves to add color to your garden even when nothing is blooming.
Choose several to create a striking color echo throughout your garden.
Its deep purple, almost chocolate-colored leaves contrast nicely with its violet flowers in spring and early summer.
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It will thrive in sunny to shady conditions and only grows to a couple of feet tall and wide.
White blooms are typically produced in spring on landscape plants.
‘Purple Prince’ also makes an excellent container plant.
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Some types such as rex begonias are exceptionally gorgeous.
are known for their fantastic kaleidoscope of colors from reds and yellows, to oranges and purples.
But for many varieties, excessive flowering and untidy growth lead to somewhat unsightly plants by mid-season.
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offer colorful leaves and have the ability to thrive in full sun to full shade conditions.
Purple elephant’s ears really up the ante with their moody hues.
One popular dark purple variety is ‘Black Magic’ (shown here).
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rubrum) bloom profusely with very little maintenance and are rarely bothered by diseases.
Growing Conditions:full sun to part shade with good moisture and drainage.
Typically grown in cooler climates with ample moisture, these beauties are the ideal specimen tree.
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For the best purple color, choose varieties like ‘Diabolo’ with leaves in stunning shades of plum.
They’ll eventually produce small three-petalled flowers, rising just above the foliage.
Purple hearts easily take root from cuttings and make great houseplants.
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It’s a bit hardier than the species, thriving in Zones 4-10.
Size:1 foot tall, trailing to 5 feet
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