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Angel's TrumpetDatura fastuosa
1. Double Purple
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Datura fastuosa ‘Double Purple’ is a tropical bush that can get 36 to 60" in height. The flowers are a double purple with a white center and are trumpet shaped with edges that roll back and form tendrils. The flowers are very fragrant.
4B-N8" Gr 30"-5'30"-36"n/a
Aster (New England)Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
2. Purple Dome
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‘Purple Dome’ is less than half as tall as other New England Asters, and when it blooms in fall, it really does resemble a purple dome. The ideal companion is Sedum ‘Autumn Joy.'
4D-S6" Gr 18"-18"12"-18"4
BeardtonguePenstemon x mexicali
3. Pike’s Peak Purple®
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Developed in Colorado, this hybrid forms a bushy clump of narrow green leaves, with short spikes of bright violet-purple trumpet flowers beginning in early summer. Blooming can continue on and off for most of the summer. An excellent low-maintenance perennial, adapting to a wide range of garden conditions. Attractive to both butterflies and hummingbirds. A 1999 Plant Select® introduction.
4C-S4½" Wh 12"-16"10"-12"5-9
Bee BalmMonarda didyma
4. Balmy™ Purple
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This more compact selection features purple flowers, arranged in large, shaggy heads, an ideal size for the middle of a sunny border. Foliage is delightfully fragrant. Good powdery mildew resistance. A favorite of both butterflies and hummingbirds.
9C-N8" Gr 10"-12"8"-10"4-9
Butterfly BushBuddleia x
5. Lo & Behold® Purple Haze
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Uniquely horizontal branches produce an abundance of dark purple-blue flowers. The flowers radiate outward and downward like a pinwheel, and are continuous from mid summer to frost. This is a sterile variety that will not produce unwanted seedlings.
9C-SPWCC #3 Pot  24"-36"36"-48"5-9
CelosiaCelosia plumosa
6. First Flame™ Purple
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Celosia First Flame Purple is perfect for lining your side walk, pots, or just as a general border plant. Your container gardens and pots will be extremely happy to have this bright fun flower growing in them.
4C-N  10"-14"10"-16"9-11
Coral BellsHeuchera
7. Forever® Purple
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This Coral Bells is destined to become the new standard for purple-leafed perennials. It forms a mound of glossy, purple leaves with fluted edges year round. Short sprays of purple-pink flowers appear in summer. Sturdy in habit and vigorous. Nice for borders, containers or in the rock garden. Remove any winter-burned leaves in the spring, otherwise no pruning is required. Another fantastic Heuchera from Terra Nova Nurseries.
4D-STd Gal-TC 12"-15"18"-22"4-9
 Heuchera micrantha
8. Palace Purple
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The original purple coral bells, ‘Palace Purple’ is perhaps the most well-recognized and widely planted variety of all heucheras. It was the 1991 Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year.
5C-S  8"-12"12"-16"3-8
DahliaDahlia hybrid
9. Venti™ Royal Purple Imp
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Offers bigger blooms and a brighter purple color, with earlier, more fully double flowers. More floriferous for better landscape performance. Less sensitive to short-day tuber formation.
3C-N6" Gr 16"-18"16"-18"8-10
Dahlia (Patio) 
10. GoGo™ Purple
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Light apricot-peach tone flowers 4-6” across. Shorter height makes plant work well in containers.
3C-N8" Gr 14"-20"15"-24"8-10
  
11. GoGo™ Two-Tone Purple/White
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Unique white and pink two-tone flowers 4-6" across.
3C-N8" Gr 14"-20"12"-14"8-10
Dead Nettle (Spotted)Lamium maculatum
12. Purple Chablis™
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A frothy confection of silver and green foliage with lavender-purple flowers; heat tolerant.
3C-S4½" Wh 8"-12"10"-14"4-8
Dianthus (Interspecific)Dianthus x barbatus
13. Rockin’™ Purple
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‘Rockin'™ Purple’ is midsized, with upright stems of lightly fragrant, lacy, vivid purple single flowers. Blooms in spring, again in summer and once again in the fall. Remove fading flowers to encourage more buds to form. Although hardy into Zone 5, plants may also be treated as bedding annuals since they flower well during the first year.
5B-S  18"-24"10"-12"5-9
Fountain Grass (Purple)Pennisetum setaceum
14. Purple Fountain Grass (Rubrum)
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Gracefully arching, wine-purple foliage topped with burgundy, soft bottlebrush plumes up to 1’ long appear in midsummer. Enjoy its winter interest too-the plumes and the leaves will turn a subtle straw color after the first hard freeze.
4C-NTrd Gal-Gr 30"-36"18"-24"9
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
15. Dalmatian™ Purple
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This first year flowering perennial foxglove has a strong growth habit, floridity, and intensely colored flowers. This improvement over ‘Dalmatian Purple’ displays greater vigor, better uniformity, and an earlier bloom time.

This Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner produces large spikes of outward facing, lilac purple flowers with maroon spotted throats on sturdy, upright stems in early summer.

6B-N  24"-36"12"-14"4-9
Fuchsia (Trailing)Fuchsia hybrid
16. Deep Purple
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Stunning deep purple flowers with white sepals bloom on trailing plants.
 10" HB 12"-15"12"-14"n/a
Geranium (Regal; Martha Washington)Pelargonium x domesticum
17. Elegance™ Purple Majesty
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‘Elegance Purple Majesty’ features gorgeous tissue paper blossoms in burgundy and pink. Blooms cover the uniform green foliage all season. It is an excellent choice for the border or rock garden, containers and window boxes.
4B-N8" TC 12"-18"12"-15"8-10
Globe AmaranthGomphrena globosa
18. Buddy Purple
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A flower-gardening favorite, globe amaranth thrives in hot conditions and will bloom throughout summer with interesting pom-pom type flowers on 8 inch tall stems that are great for cutting and drying. Attractive to bees and butterflies, this dwarf, compact variety is ideal for beds, borders, and containers and will provide beauty until frost with carefree long lasting color.
9D-NFlat (48-Ct) 8"-10"6"-8"n/a
Grape (Purple)Vitis vinifera
19. Concord
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The Concord grape emerged as the dominant cold climate American variety. Grow your own fruit by planting vine on trellis, arbor, pergola, or fence. Fast growth. Great tasting fruit - yummy to eat fresh, or make into jam.
9C-N#1 Pot 48"-6'18"-24"4-9
ImpatiensImpatiens hybrid
20. SunPatiens® Compact Purple
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‘SunPatiens Compact Purple’ Impatiens shows off its purple, perfectly-shaped blossoms against dark, lush green foliage sporting lighter green venation, midribs and stems. Like the entire compact series, Compact Orchid will stay true to its color, even when the weather turns hot or stormy, and is not affected by downy mildew. This one has been known to turn heads!
1D-N*Multi* 16"-30"14"-30"10-11
  
21. SunPatiens® Compact Purple Candy
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‘SunPatiens Compact Purple Candy’ Impatiens shows off its purple, perfectly-shaped blossoms against lush, dark green foliage sporting lighter green venation, midribs and stems. Like the entire compact series, Compact Purple Candy will stay true to its color, even when the weather turns hot or stormy, and is not affected by downy mildew. This one has been known to turn heads!
1D-N*Multi* 16"-30"14"-30"10-11
 Impatiens walleriana
22. Imara™ XDR Purple
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Mix of orange, purple, rose, and salmon flowers all season.
12D-S*Multi* 10"-12"10"-12"9-11
Impatiens (Double) 
23. Rockapulco® Purple
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Light up any shady area with masses of blooms that resemble miniature rosebuds. No deadheading necessary. Blooms spring to frost.
1C-N*Multi* 10"-20"10"-12"10-11
Impatiens (New Guinea)Impatiens hawkeri
24. Sonic® Sweet Purple
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1D-N*Multi* 8"-12"9"n/a
  
25. Super Sonic® Purple
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Super Sonic® Purple has large true lavender flowers, dark green foliage, and a medium-vigorous growth habit. Super Sonics are vigorously growing New Guinea Impatiens bred and selected for superior landscape performance. They have extra large flowers (up to 3-inch
1D-N*Multi* 14"-18"14"-18"n/a
Iris (Pseudata)Iris pseudata
26. Shiryukyo (‘Purple Dragon’s Valley’)
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This midseason to late season bloomer produces reddish purple standards with a deep purple marking that outlines the bright yellow signal above dark green foliage. We've observed this iris to be very vigorous.
9C-N8" TC  45"-54"35"-48"4-9
Jacob's Ladder (Purple-leaf)Polemonium yezoense
27. Purple Rain
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An unusual form of Jacob's Ladder, this plant forms a lush mound of ferny foliage in a stunning black-purple shade, later becoming green. Upright stems of soft blue phlox-like flowers appear in late spring. An unusual plant for the woodland garden or edging in the border. Nice as a cut flower. Evergreen in mild winter areas. Easily divided in early spring or fall. Also tends to self seed and most seedlings should show the desirable dark foliage — discard any that don't.
6C-N  12"-23"12"-18"4-9
Lavender (English)Lavandula angustifolia
28. Lavance Deep Purple
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Produces the deepest purple lavender summer color with no bleaching, on the most controlled English Lavender available.
6D-N  10"-12"10"-12"5-9
Lilac (Reblooming)Syringa x
29. Bloomerang® Dark Purple (‘SMSJBP7’)
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It's the next big thing for Bloomerang! Dark Purple is a bigger plant with larger, more rounded inflorescenses. It's very showy in spring, and continues to amaze with fragrant blooms from mid-summer to frost. This is a strong grower, and will add beauty and fragrance to gardens from spring to fall.
SB-2,SB-3,SB-8*Multi* 48"-6'5'-7'3-7
Maple (Purple Ghost Japanese)Acer palmatum
30. Purple Ghost
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Magnificent ruffled foliage on a densely branched, upright tree with a spreading canopy adds a thrilling element to the landscape. Deep purple-red spring foliage has prominent black veins. Iridescent summer foliage turns green while maintaining purple undertones. Fall foliage is a vibrant garnet-red. Develops best color in full sun. Deciduous.
 #5 Pot 12'-15'7'-8'5-8
Mexican Hens and ChicksEcheveria hybrid
31. Purple Perle Von Nürnberg
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Echeveria Purple Pearl has more intense purple coloring than Perle Von Nurnberg, but with silver edging that makes this variety a standout among the Echeverias.
3D-N3" Bl Pot 3"-5"6"-10"9-11
Moss RosePortulaca oleracea
32. Mega Pazzaz Purple
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Vibrant, deep pink flowers on sun-loving, compact, semi-trailing plant.
2C-S4½" Wh 14"-16"15"-18"9-11
Ornamental MilletPennisetum glaucum
33. Purple Baron
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Simply majestic, ‘Purple Baron's’ shiny, purple-burgundy foliage is the richest, darkest of all millets. Add a vertical, contrasting punch to beds of pastel pink, white, or lavender blooming annuals. Though short, ‘Purple Barron’ has a full, thick, massive habit. Birds flock to its large flower spikes right up to frost.
4C-NTrd Gal-Gr 30"-36"12"-14"9-11
  
34. Purple Majesty
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Bold purple foliage and deep maroon 8-12" flower plumes make a dramatic addition to your garden or landscape. Striking in large containers, at the center of a mixed planting, or as a cut flower. Seeds attract wild birds.
4C-NTrd Gal-Gr 48"-5'24"-48"9-11
PetuniaPetunia hybrid
35. ColorRush™ Purple
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Beautiful, eye-catching purple flowers with dark burgundy veining. This flower is noted for its vigor and big garden performance.
2C-S4½" Wh 10"-12"24"-36"n/a
  
36. Dekko™ Pinwheel Purple
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Maximum vigor ideal for landscape coverage and color. Smaller flower size and low spreading habit deliver outstanding durability in the toughest landscape conditions.
2B-S4½" Wh 8"-12"18"-22"10-11
  
37. Painted Love™ Purple
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Unique bicolor flower pattern presents a dramatic new look in the garden, planted alone or in combinations. Mounding habits are perfect for hanging baskets and patio containers. Tested for outstanding garden resilience and flower stability for continued performance all summer long.
2B-S4½" Wh 10"-14"18"-22"10-11
  
38. Supertunia® Picasso in Purple®
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This unique Supertunia® features bicolor purple flowers with mint green edges on beautifully mounded to trailing plants. It mixes well with many other colors in combination containers, hanging baskets, and your sunny landscape. Picasso in Purple™ is a strong grower and blooms all season without deadheading.
2B-S*Multi* 8"-12"12"-18"10-11
Petunia (Spreading) 
39. Wave® Purple Imp.
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Wave Purple is a slight improvement over our Wave Purple Classic. It produces flowers earlier in the spring, which means plant lovers will enjoy Wave Purple’s magenta-colored blooms as soon as it’s safe to garden.
2C-S18-ct Flt
6-ct Pk
4"-6"12"-18"9-10
Phlox (Creeping)Phlox subulata
40. Purple Beauty
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Lavender-purple flowers witha dark purple eye in mid- to late-spring.
4C-S4½" Wh 4"-6"12"-24"2-9
Phlox (Dwarf Garden)Phlox paniculata
41. Early® Purple Eye
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This hybrid compact selection is bi-colored purple and white flowers that are also fragrant will appear in summer for an exceptionally long time, thrives best in semi-shade.
10C-S8" Gr  12"-16"12"-16"4-8
Pineapple LilyEucomis x
42. Purple Reign
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A Pineapple Lily of intermediate size, this plant is perfect for use in mixed perennial borders or as a thriller in containers. 'Purple Reign' gets its name from the deep burgundy color of its spring foliage. The foliage holds its dark color well into summer when the flowers begin to come up. Star-shaped flowers open blush pink and darken to a deep mauve, lasting for many weeks. Acute leaves top the stems, reminiscent of a pineapple. Try this plant as a cut flower.
4B-SPW #1 Pot 18"-20"22"-24"6-9
PinksDianthus chinensis
43. Coronet™ White Purple Eye
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White colored flowers with a purple eye. Cool season annual with the biggest flowers of any dianthus of this type. Uniform flowering time and habit make this a great choice.
5B-S  8"-10"8"-10"5-9
Pinks (Chinese)Dianthus chinensis x barbatus
44. Telstar™ Purple
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Fringed purple flowers bloom in early summer and continue until frost.
8D-SFlat (48-Ct) 8"-10"9"-10"n/a
Purple HeartTradescantia pallida
45. Purple Queen
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An outstanding combination of attractive purple foliage and lavender flowers makes this plant a wonderful foliage accent. Use in hanging baskets and containers.
3B-S4½" Wh 15"-18"12"-15"n/a
Ruby Necklace (Senecio)Senecio herrianus (aka Curio herrianus)
46. Purple Flush
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An eye-catcher of a trailing variety with pudgy, bean-shaped leaves that hang on stems up to 2’ long. The whole plant can flush a striking shade of magenta when moderately stressed by direct sun, drought, or cool temperatures. It grows fine, white tufts of fuzz in the crevices between stems and leaves. It produces small, yellow, daisy-like blooms and re-roots easily from stem cuttings.
3D-N3" Bl Pot 2"-4"18"-24"n/a
Sage (Purple Leaf Common)Salvia officinalis
47. Purpurascens
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Lamb's Ear-like foliage in shades of softest purple. Lovely with white- and silver-foliage plants. Striking blue flower spikes in summer.
8D-N4½" Wh 24"-24"18"5-11
SalviaSalvia hybrid
48. Rockin’® Deep Purple
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Extraordinary crisp purple flowers on tough plants. Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees all love it, which makes it great plant for pollinator gardens.
3C-NPW 2 Qt (6½") 30"-40"24"-30"9-11
 Salvia splendens
49. Vista™ Purple
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Tremendous show of continuous color from well-packed flower spikes. Color intensity remains even in hot areas where other annuals fail.
9D-NFlat (48-Ct) 10"-12"8"-10"n/a
Sand Cherry (Purpleleaf)Prunus x cistena
50. Darkstar® (‘UCONNPC001’)
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This truly compact, improved sand cherry has a great upright and spreading habit, with dense branching from the ground up, and very clean, red-purple to maroon-colored foliage that does not fade during the summer. White-pink single flowers appear in spring before the foliage emerges. Great for spring color in a shrub border. A Monrovia Exclusive. Deciduous.
 #2 Pot 5'48"3-9
Snapdragon (Dwarf Garden)Antirrhinum majus
51. Snapshot™ Purple
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Bushy and compact plants have closely spaced full-flower spikes in a full range of colors. Strong garden performance. Best performance in cool weather. Plant at the same time as pansies for best flowering.
9D-SFlat (48-Ct) 6"-10"10"-12"n/a
Stoke's AsterStokesia laevis
52. Honeysong Purple
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‘Honeysong Purple’ sports true royal purple flowers with a hint of red towards the center that darkens as it ages. The contrasting white stamens and purple-tinged stems add to its appeal. The individual flowers measure 4" across and have petals with deeply serrated edges. They are wonderful in fresh bouquets. The deep green foliage is neatly mounding.
9C-S8" Gr 14"-14"12"-15"5-9
StrawflowerBracteantha bracteatum
53. Mohave™ Purple Red
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This variety is alone in the series with a mounding habit and medium vigor for baskets or large containers. It will fill the container quickly and performs extremely well outdoors. It can be grown as a single plant or mixed in. If grown in larger containers we recommend pinching; however, it is not required.
 10" HB 14"-16"14"-16"11
Swedish Ivy (Purple)Plectranthus hybrid
54. Mona Lavender
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Dark purple stems support deep lavender flowers above dark green foliage. This eye-catching color combination is ideal in borders and mixed containers.
3C-S4½" Wh 12"-16"12"n/a
Sweet AlyssumLobularia maritima
55. Wonderland® Deep Purple
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3" flowers are deep purple shades with yellow tones.
8D-SFlat (48-Ct) 3"-3"8"-12"n/a
Sweet BoxSarcococca hookeriana var. humilis
56. Sweet & Lo™ (‘Purplerij1’)
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An extra bushy, fully bodied selection with glossy, dark green foliage and attractive deep purple stems. Its late winter/early spring blooms are a treat for early pollinators, with thread-like, red-tipped white flowers that emit a delightful jasmine-like fragrance. Used en masse or in a container, this very durable, versatile shrubby ground cover is perfect for even the shadiest locations. Growers will love how much faster it is to finish than other sarcococca and its irresistibly tidy container presentation. Developed by John and Erik Rijnbeek of Boskoop, the Netherlands.
 PWCC #3 Pot 18"-30"24"-36"5-9
Sweet WilliamDianthus barbatus
57. Barbarini™ Purple Picotee
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Vibrant flower clusters attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden. Presents a colorful display in the rock garden or at garden's edge. A lovely cut flower for summer bouquets. This variety flowers from seed the first year.
5B-S Biennial 6"-8"8"-12"5-9
Thyme (Creeping)Thymus praecox
58. Purple Carpet
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Thymus 'Purple Carpet' is an ornamental flowering evergreen (in mild winters) subshrub offering 3 seasons to year-round interest, blooming profusely in late spring, its foliage turning dark purple in fall. Borne in terminal whorls, the small, 2-lipped, tubular flowers are shades of purple. Nectar rich, they attract bees and butterflies to the garden. Small, fuzzy, dark green leaves are aromatic, having a pleasing spicy scent, especially when crushed.

Cold Hardy, easy to grow, and low maintenance, 'Purple Carpet' creeping thyme grows best in a sunny location with average to dry, well-draining soils, having a neutral to alkaline pH. The plant not only tolerates drought, salt, and poor soils but thrives in sandy, gritty, or rocky soils. It does not tolerate wet soils, however, which may cause root rot. It is deer and rabbit resistant and relatively pest free.

4C-S4½" Wh 2"-4"6"-12"3-8
VerbenaVerbena hybrid
59. Obsession™ Purple Shade w/ Eye
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This verbena features showy clusters of purple star-shaped flowers with white centers at the ends of the stems from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's tiny tomentose narrow leaves remain green in color all season.
9D-SFlat (48-Ct) 6"-8"10"-12"9-11
Vergena (Tuberous)Verbena rigida
60. Cake Pops® Purple
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BonBon verbena are very heat and humidity tolerant and are great plants for the deep south, in addition to the rest of the county. This verbena doesn't cycle out of color, so you'll get reliable color all summer long. BonBon is destined to become a Southern basket and combination recipe staple. It is easy, tough, durable and drought tolerant. It is native to the Southern US.
2D-S4½" Wh 10"-18"10"-18"7-10
Wandering Jew; Zebra PlantTradescantia zebrina
61. Purple
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A popular, easy-to-care-for plant for hanging baskets and containers. Can be easily rerooted by placing a broken branch in water until roots grow.
3B-S*Multi* 6"-8"18"-24"7-9
WeigelaWeigela florida
62. My Monet Purple Effect (‘Verweig8’)
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Hues of cream, green, and pink, layered with a cast of purple make My Monet Purple Effect™ weigela a noteworthy selection. From renowned plantsman Bert VerHoef, it shares the same dwarf habit and neat, variegated foliage of the original My Monet® weigela but is exceptionally strong flowering. It is a bit faster growing and has proven more heat tolerant in our trials. The foliage looks good right up until frost, giving new energy to this long-time favorite.
SC-7PWCC #3 Pot 18"-30"18"-30"4-6

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