Plant Encyclopedia
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Persian onion: complete guide
Allium hollandicum
Persian onion (Allium hollandicum) blooms with striking purple spherical flower heads. Learn how to grow this spectacular bulb plant and enjoy its dramatic spring display.
Lax-flowered Orchid: complete guide
Anacamptis laxiflora
Master the care of Anacamptis laxiflora, a delicate European marsh orchid with stunning purple flowers. Perfect for wetland gardens and water features.
Einsele's Columbine: complete guide
Aquilegia einseleana
Discover Aquilegia einseleana, a delicate Alpine columbine with unique purple flowers. Perfect for rock gardens and mountain gardeners.
AsteraceaeAster tataricus: complete guide
Aster tataricus L.f.
The Tartarian aster is an impressive perennial with purple flowers blooming through October. Discover everything about care, location and maintenance for this hardy plant.
Purple milk-vetch: complete guide
Astragalus danicus
Discover the Purple milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus), a green shrubby plant with purple flowers. Learn everything about care and placement.
Astragalus hypoglottis: complete guide
Astragalus hypoglottis
Purple milk-vetch with striking violet flowers and nitrogen-fixing prowess. Perfect for Mediterranean and alpine gardens with dry conditions.
Astragalus sesameus: complete guide
Astragalus sesameus
Discover the purple milk-vetch, a Mediterranean herb full of color. Learn how to grow this beautiful plant in your garden.
Campanula kachethica: complete guide
Campanula kachethica
Kakhetian bellflower is a rare alpine plant with delicate purple flowers for rock gardens.
CampanulaceaeWanner's Harebell: complete guide
Campanula wanneri
Discover Campanula wanneri, a robust alpine plant with purple bell-shaped flowers. Learn how to grow this Balkan native in rock gardens and alpine settings.
Carduus personata: complete guide
Carduus personata
Discover the masked thistle with vigorous growth and purple flowers. This European mountain thistle thrives in full sun on well-drained, nutrient-rich soils.
Carduus pycnocephalus: complete guide
Carduus pycnocephalus
Discover slender thistle: a very sturdy biennial plant with small purple flowers, robust growth and great value for pollen-seeking insects globally popular.
Napier grass: complete guide
Cenchrus purpureus
Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) is a tropical fodder grass with striking purple flowers and towering growth. Master cultivation of this impressive, large ornamental grass species.
Cirsium japonicum: complete guide
Cirsium japonicum
Japanese thistle offers gorgeous purple blooms and is easy to cultivate. A gardener's dream plant for attracting pollinators.
Cirsium spinosissimum: complete guide
Cirsium spinosissimum
Discover the Spiny Thistle, a striking alpine wildflower with purple blooms and thorny foliage. Perfect for natural gardens and pollinator-friendly landscapes.
Colchicum bulbocodium: complete guide
Colchicum bulbocodium
Spring meadow saffron is a dwarf spring bloomer with purple flowers. A jewel for rock and alpine gardens.
Crocus cartwrightianus: complete guide
Crocus cartwrightianus
Wild saffron crocus from Greece and Crete with delicate purple autumn flowers. Learn how to grow this Mediterranean gem.
Dactylorhiza purpurella: complete guide
Dactylorhiza purpurella
Northern marsh-orchid - a North European wetland orchid with purple flowers and spotted leaves. Guide for nature-friendly cultivation in gardens and natural spaces.
Dianthus graniticus: complete guide
Dianthus graniticus
Discover France's treasured granite pink. Perfect accent for alpine troughs, rock gardens and dry borders. Blooms June to September with dark purple flowers. Hardy USDA zone 5.
Digitalis parviflora: complete guide
Digitalis parviflora Jacq.
The Portuguese Foxglove is an elegant late-blooming plant from Spain with slender spikes of small purple flowers. Perfect for wildlife gardens and wild borders.
Erodium foetidum: complete guide
Erodium foetidum
Rock stork's-bill is a delicate alpine plant with purple flowers and fine foliage. Learn how to grow this Mediterranean charmer in your front garden.
Geranium Platypetalum: complete guide
Geranium platypetalum
Geranium platypetalum is a striking summer bloomer with large purple flowers and deeply divided foliage. A robust hardy geranium for beds and borders.
Reflexed Crane's-bill: complete guide
Geranium reflexum
Discover the Reflexed Crane's-bill, an elegant garden plant with purple flowers. Learn everything about cultivation, care, and planting in Mediterranean gardens.
Pencilled Crane's-Bill: complete guide
Geranium versicolor
Discover pencilled crane's-bill, elegant perennial herb with striped purple flowers. Perfect for borders and wildflower gardens.
Alpine Coltsfoot: complete guide
Homogyne alpina
Homogyne alpina (Alpine Coltsfoot) is an elegant alpine plant with purple flowers. Perfect choice for rock gardens and alpine troughs with nutrient-poor, acidic soil.