Purple Blooms
Purple Rain, Purple Haze, Purple Flowers... Next to yellow, purple always steals the show! Purple is not a monolith though—it ranges from pale lavender to deep violet. These regal hues look especially stunning when drifting through the bronze and copper tones of native grasses in fall, sparkling against goldenrods and rudbeckias to create a prairie jam session fit for Paisley Park.
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Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris Ligulistylis) -
Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Blue Salvia (Salvia Azurea) -
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) -
Blue lobelia (Lobelia Siphilitica) -
Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum) -
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium Reptans) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda Punctata) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris Pycnostachya) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia Ohiensis) -
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris Cristata) -
Calico Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus) -
Monkey Flower (Mimulus Ringens) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) -
Big Bluestem (Andropogon Gerardii) -
Hoary Vervain (Verbena Stricta) -
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea) -
Harebell (Campanula Rotundifolia) -
Lemon Beebalm (Monarda citriodora)