[Liste] 58 Purple Leaved Shrubs Uk

It has reddish purple foliage that retains good color throughout the summer zones 2 8.

Purple leaved shrubs uk. This is because the chlorophyll breaks down to reveal additional colours while the red hued anthocyanin becomes even brighter. Purple ninebark is a shrub that features white or pink flowers. Other edibles with dark foliage include chinese basil red orache and some lettuce varieties. Purple basil foliage if you re after dark leaved plants that you can eat purple basil is a good place to start. Cordyline australis red sensation cordyline cabbage tree. Tree shrub hedging screening rounded bush. Prunus cerasifera pissardii purple leaved plum.

Varieties to grow include crimson king and dark opal. It also is covered in red flowers in spring. Purple flowers summer purple foliage. Purple diamond loropetalum is a great evergreen low growing shrub. Plant identification finder to identify a plant enter the plant name if you know it in the text box below and then select any distinctive attributes about the plant from the drop down boxes underneath. Grow at the back of a border or in a wild part of the garden. However careful usage and selection of trees and shrubs with different coloured leaves can add year round interest and dramatic contrast.

Dark pink flowers spring purple foliage. It s a relative of the hazel family as it produces edible nuts. It can live in climates as cold as zone 2 so it is a great choice for a landscape accent in cold regions. The teasel dipsacus fullonum is a uk native biennial bearing tall spikes of brush like flowerheads with purple blooms popular with bees and butterflies. From dark mysterious purples to bright uplifting gold and smooth cool silvers. It is different than the most common loropetalums because of its low growth habit and redder color. Goldfinches eat the seed in winter.

Ninebarks will tolerate partial shade even preferring it in hotter climates as far south as zone 7. Cotinus grace shrub rounded bush. It s native to europe and southwest asia. It grows well in zones 4 8 and can reach up to 20 inches tall. Often grown as a shrub the purple leaf filbert plant s deep purple color fades to a green purple in late summer earlier in the south.