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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Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Blue Salvia (Salvia Azurea) -
Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris Ligulistylis) -
Blue lobelia (Lobelia Siphilitica) -
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) -
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium Reptans) -
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda Punctata) -
Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris Pycnostachya) -
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia Ohiensis) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris Cristata) -
Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum) -
Big-leaf Aster (Eurybia Macrophylla) -
Virgina Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum Virginianum) -
Rough Blazing Star (Liatris Aspera) -
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea) -
Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta) -
Monkey Flower (Mimulus Ringens)