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Vitex or chaste trees produce clouds of stunning purple flowers in summer. ... foliage at the expense of flowers. A small amount of slow-release fertilizer sprinkled beneath its drip line every ...
Amorpha canescens, known as leadplant, downy indigo bush, prairie shoestring, or buffalo bellows, is a small, perennial semi-shrub in the pea family , native to North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It has very small purple flowers with yellow stamens [ 5 ] which are grouped in racemes . [ 6 ]
Tibouchina species are subshrubs, shrubs or small trees. Their leaves are opposite, usually with petioles, and often covered with scales. The inflorescence is a panicle or some modification of a panicle with reduced branching. The individual flowers have five free petals, purple or lilac in color; the color does not change as the flowers age.
The thick, heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-purple flowers of this shrub are its main attractions. It can be propagated easily from cuttings and grows well in a range of soils, including clay. It is a hardy garden shrub requiring little or no watering, even during a long drought, and is very frost hardy. [10]
Lobelia has delicate white, purple or pink flowers that drape nicely from baskets and window boxes. However, it doesn’t like the heat at all. Once temperatures are consistently in the high 70s ...
Viola decumbens is a small shrub with very fine granules on its green parts, and a woody base. The erect branching stems are up to 25 cm (9.8 in) high. It carries alternately set, slightly succulent, linear, green leaves 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long and ½—2 mm (0.02—0.08 in) wide with a pointed tip and an entire margin.
Cymbalaria muralis, commonly called ivy-leaved toadflax, [3] is a low, spreading, trailing plant with small purple flowers, native to rocky habitats in southern Europe. It belongs to the plantain family (Plantaginaceae), and is introduced and naturalised in many other temperate locations.
Ajuga reptans is a dense spreading groundcover with dark green leaves with purple highlights. The leaves grow 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) tall. In spring the plant sends up 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in) tall flower stalks bearing many purple flowers. The flowers are frequently visited by flies, such as Rhingia campestris. [1]