This is one of the longest-blooming and hardiest tulips on the market! Huge blooms have glowing orange petals with a pale yellow base inside and measure up to 10″ wide when fully opened. Tulip ‘Orange Emperor’ (Tulipa fosteriana, Zones 3-8, 14-16″H x 3-6″W )Ī great option to add a pop of color with your spring-blooming purple flowers is the ‘Orange Emperor’ Tulip. If you plant flowers in this color, they will really add energy and excitement to your garden. By looking to the color wheel again, you’ll just choose the color that’s directly opposite of the purple color blooms you already have. This is probably my favorite option, since I really love a lot of color in the garden. Q uick Tip: If you’re enjoying learning about the color wheel, you’ll love my post about creating gorgeous garden color schemes. This is called an analogous color scheme and it’s a really restful, peaceful combination for you to try. Just play with the three colors you’ve chosen to create a really harmonious garden color palette. You don’t have to choose all the same flower type, either. Purple asters (try Aster alpinus ‘Dark Beauty’, Zones 4-9).Blue asters (try Aster laevis ‘Bluebird’, Zones 4-8).Violet asters (try Aster novi-belgii ‘Eventide’, Zones 4-8).Here are some asters varieties to try if you want to get this look in your own garden: This is where the blue and pure purple aster blooms come into play. Then, I looked to the color wheel to see what’s right next to violet. The other great thing about asters is they come in many colors and many different heights - from 8 inches to 6 feet!įor this combination, I started with the violet asters, which are a blue-purple color. If you fill this in, you will be marked as a spammer.Īsters bring color to the garden in late summer and autumn when many of your other summer blooms may be fading. If you are using a deep, dark purple, look for something in a pastel purple. And… you don’t have to get all matchy-matchy with this either. The first option you have is to plant even MORE purple flowers! For any of you purple-lovers out there, this is a great option.
Keep reading to see some beautiful photos and plant varieties you can try to get a create the purple flower garden of your dreams! Plant more purple flowers
Compliment purple flowers with similar colors like pink-purple (magenta) or a blue-purple (violet) flowers.Plant a variety of purple flowers of different hues, such as light pastel, medium and dark purple together.If you want to make your garden stand out from the rest here are some of my top tips for what to plant with purple flowers! End the season with bursts of purple asters, blue Vervain and globe thistle in the fall.īut sometimes it’s difficult to decide what flowers will compliment a purple color scheme. For purple blooms all summer long, use clematis, balloon flower, lavender, blazing star and reblooming hydrangeas.
In spring, purple crocus, alliums, geranium, salvia and catmint will bring the garden to life. I absolutely love purple flowers in the garden! There are so many long-blooming perennial options that purple is a go-to flower color for many home gardeners… including myself!
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